school began last week and when i walked into the first demo, i was immediately shocked (and admittedly, intimidated) by how big the class was – 60 people! i thought the intensive class in november was big enough with 35… i probably only know 20% of my classmates, and a much larger proportion of them [...]
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school begins
Posted in le cordon bleu, paris on January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
graduation… from base
Posted in le cordon bleu, paris on December 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
it was december 17, 2009, the day of our graduation ceremony. when i woke up in the morning and rolled up the shutters guess what i saw? SNOW!! not the dirty, half-grayish half-white snow in beijing or shanghai; not the nearly artificial, fluffy snow in japan; not the uncharacteristically cold snow in US; not the [...]
final stretch…
Posted in le cordon bleu, paris on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
we had the written exam on tuesday which included memorizing 6 ingredient lists, a glossary list of lexicons used in french cooking, plus all other recipes/materials we have covered until now. the ingredient list certainly was not an easy one to study for – they all have flour sugar butter and eggs, only in different [...]
