Pure and simple, finals week at school (two more A's...third-highest grade in the class on the kitchen practical...5:30am wake up call is OVER AND DONE...one more month to go) and work (I'm pretty sure I want a Jewish wedding at this point) combined into the perfect storm of NofreetimeforMarktoblog-itis.
That and I had a real blah-itis...some nasty stomach bug. Ugh...
But now I'm on break-- a whole 10 days or so free from the shackles of the Le Cordon Bleu, and I'm off work today through Friday. For you scoring at home, that's five-straight days I don't have to put on a chef's uniform of any kind *AND* I can grow a wicked five-day beard.
Facial hair-- I missed you. Let's never fight again...
But just because it's a break doesn't mean I can allow my culinary talents to dull, no sir/ma'am. I will continue to cook when I can over break, hopefully a ton at home (FYI, Maumee People-- Tuesday evening through Friday morning I will be back. Clear your schedules).
A taste of my culinary prowess already on this break:
"Snails on a Log" -- A Mark Shugar original (name patent pending)
I mean I'm really proud of that PB/Celery...uhhh...Tian? I will admit the knife cuts are a little sloppy on the brunoise of celery and banana on the plate, but those "snails" on the "logs" look pretty banging...right? ...RIGHT!?
It's the first day of no school/no work since...Memorial Day? It's a lovely soon-to-be-rainy day in PIT, and Chris and Amy are stopping in for a visit. The apartment is clean...I'm postponing a haircut until I get home and can see my regular heading into a month full of weddings...uhh...
Yeah...that's all I got. Posts will be sporadic until school kicks back in next Tuesday, but it doesn't mean you shouldn't keep an eye out for random food porn or a tale of shenanigans.
SUMMER BREAK! WOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo!
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