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Culinary School

Depictions of Julie & Julia Years Apart Show Their Differences

Danny Groner | Posted 07.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Culinary, Ambition, Books, Quarterlife Crisis, Culinary School, Movies, Blogs, Dreams, Amanda Hesser, Nora Ephron, Cooking, Meryl Streep, Julie/Julia Project, Julia Child, Amy Adams, Julie & Julia, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julie Powell, Entertainment News
Danny Groner

After seeing Julie & Julia I decided to read what was written about Julie Powell back when she was still actively engaged in her project.

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Stuffing Sausage In Public

Sophie Brickman | Posted 03.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Sausages, Food, Charcuterie, Dining, Sausage Stuffing, Meat, Culinary School, Cooking, Style News
Sophie Brickman

Who knew that merguez is supposed to be made in the smaller and more delicate lamb's intestine, not the bigger, sturdier pig's intestine which I used?

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My Moveable Feast: Bringing Home the Bacon

Sophie Brickman | Posted 03.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Dining In, Cookies, Bacon, Dining, Recipes, Economy, Cooking, Cheap Eats, Food, Culinary School, Style News, Style News
Sophie Brickman

When the economy tanked, my friends and I started cooking. It began a few months ago, when I offered to cook a bacon-themed dinner for my boyfriend on his birthday.

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Gaston Lenotre, "God of Desserts," Dies at 88

Flora Lazar | Posted 02.09.2009 | Style

Read More: Nouvelle Cuisine, Chicago, Culinary Education, New York Restaurants, Paul Bocuse, Gaston Lenotre, Patisserie, Paris, Chefs, Washington Restaurants, David Bouley, French Pastry, Alice Medrich, Chocolate, French Pastry School, Food, Michael Guerard, Michel Richard, Sebastien Canonne, Troisgros, Citronelle, Culinary School, Style News
Flora Lazar

I always wanted to be a French pastry chef, long before I went to pastry school at age 50. As a teenager, I taught myself to bake with the aid of a s...

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How to Fake a Distinguished Wine Palate

Sophie Brickman | Posted 01.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Flavors, Alcohol, Beer, White Wine, Wine Tasting, Red Wine, Food, Wine, Culinary School, Style News
Sophie Brickman

Take a small sip of your wine, swish it around, and pretend to spit it out in your cup. Do not actually spit it out. You will not be able to make it through an entire evening with oenophiles otherwise.

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On the Absurdity of Turning Vegetables

Sophie Brickman | Posted 01.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Potatoes, Turnips, Cutting Vegetables, Cooking, Jacques Pepin, Vegetables, Food, Culinary School, Waverly Root, Chefs, Escoffier, Careme, Culinary Technique, Turning Vegetables, Tourne De Legumes, Brillat-Savarin, Style News
Sophie Brickman

The real purpose of teaching how to turn vegetables is to put culinary students through hell.

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The U.S. Military: Molecular Gastronomist?

Sophie Brickman | Posted 01.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Inventors, Military, Army, Military Food, Food, Inventions, Culinary School, Molecular Gastronomy, Mres, Style News
Sophie Brickman

Years ago, my father let it slip that his cousin had invented the powdered egg in the late 1930s, thereby contributing the war effort. Aha! A fellow Brickman inventor and culinary whizz!

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Why Is It Easier To Buy A Gun Than High-Fructose Corn Syrup?

Sophie Brickman | Posted 12.20.2008 | Style

Read More: High-Fructose Corn Syrup, Dining, Food, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Eating, Sweeteners, Culinary School, Sugar, Style News
Sophie Brickman

Is high fructose corn syrup a drug? Will people soon figure this out and start producing manipulated corn syrup in their bathtubs under the cover of night?

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What is a Foodie? Am I One? Are You?

Sophie Brickman | Posted 11.15.2008 | Style

Read More: Culinary Arts, Gourmet Cooking, Gourmand, Dining Out, Cooking, Gastronomy, Gourmet, Food, Eating, Gastronome, Epicure, Culinary School, Foodie, Style News
Sophie Brickman

A thought then clanged in my head: as a culinary student whose mind focused on the culinary arts more than 50% of each day, was I now a foodie?

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Oh, yeah? Shove a Beer Can Up Your Butt.

Sophie Brickman | Posted 11.06.2008 | Style

Read More: Chicken, Culinary School, Barbecue, Smoking, Cooking, Beer, Bbq, Food, Grilling, Austin, Texas, Austin City Limits, Slow Cooked Chicken, Texas Cooking, Texan Dan, Style News
Sophie Brickman

Now almost done with the first level of culinary school, I found myself on the plane to Austin equally excited about the music festival I was going to as about the food.

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How to Get the Smell of Garlic Off Your Hands

Sophie Brickman | Posted 10.23.2008 | Style

Read More: Hygiene, Cooking, Garlic, Chopping, Food, Smells, Culinary School, Slicing, Cleaning, Style News
Sophie Brickman

As I near the end of my first month of culinary school, I find myself facing a new hygiene problem: my hands constantly smell of garlic.

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The First Five Things You Learn at Culinary School

Sophie Brickman | Posted 10.16.2008 | Style

Read More: Chopping, Food, Chef, Culinary School, Cuisine, Cooking, Kitchen, Style News
Sophie Brickman

I've been told that you can tell a lot from the way a person chops. Headstrong individuals wail away at an onion, while calmer people are more precise. I was the first person to cut myself in class.

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One Millenial Speaks Out: Why I'm Enrolling in Culinary School

Sophie Brickman | Posted 09.26.2008 | Style

Read More: Food, Technology, Millenials, Culinary School, Cooking, Style News
Sophie Brickman

I find myself wanting to run away from this tech-savvy world where people sit at computers in their offices and communicate with others, three feet away, through G-chat.

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