Ritz-Carlton

Very, very cool. Dad and I made gazpacho, babaganoush, white truffle bean salad, and chix stock. The third person who was supposed to be there never showed, but we were still cool. It was originally nine to noon, but we stayed until two to finish up. Oh, and we got food. Nice little perk for the day. No pictures, but the chef promised some from the actual event. Which features our dips in one part of the meal. Woo! Not a bad day. Except that I have work now.

Phyllo dough day

Today we practiced tarts again and made phyllo dough...things. I made baklava, so did one other group, and three did strudels. One apple, one pear, and one mushroom. Pretty good actually. Pics aren't anything special today, but if you want to see them, check Picasa. With the tarts, we all looked at each other's tarts, tasted, and peer graded them. It was interesting getting feedback from everyone about the tarts, and some of it was extremely helpful.

Next week, I'm the team chef for my group, so wish me luck. Oh, and I'm going to go work at the Ritz-Carlton doing a little prep work for a banquet tomorrow along with Dad, so that should be cool. I'll either get a post about it tomorrow or you can check on it Monday.