Playing With My Food ~ An online journal about food, thought, travel, and life, by chef & internet raconteur Chaz French.
This was me: Nine months before attending the Chef's Training Program at the Natural Gourmet Institute. This was when I decided to start losing weight, I made good progress by the time I started at NGI (Disclosure the above photo was before I even … [Continue reading]
Today I was astounded, in awe, and absolutely in love. For today, I ate the most perfect pizza of my life. After having lived in Los Angeles for 15 years, I learned the hard way that really good pizza is near impossible to get outside of NYC & … [Continue reading]
So, I've been the Chef at the school for a month now. It's kinda crazy. I fully grasp how lucky I am to be a cook pretty much straight out of culinary school who not only has his own kitchen, but I get to create my own menus every week. I spend a … [Continue reading]
Chef Rich, Every day that I cook, I hear you in my head. You ask how many things I'm working on, and then I hear your voice in class that day: "If you're not working on at least three things at the same time, you're not cooking!" And then I ask … [Continue reading]
As I mentioned this new job allows me a lot of creative control within a few parameters, one of those is that on Friday I cook from whatever culture the kids are studying that week; last week it was Poland and after talking to a friend and doing some … [Continue reading]
It smells fantastic in here. Every time I come into your kitchen it smells like Iranian food!* Do we have any more pasta?** Thank you for all the delicious food. Do we have any more pasta?** I love your bread! Everything you make is so … [Continue reading]
Officially started and the first week is over. On the whole it was good, though there were a few rough spots. Nearly burning the main dish on my first day... The oven not properly igniting on my second, which could have blown up but instead just … [Continue reading]
Instead I'm searching for better quality, lower-priced olive oil. It turns out that the stuff the school uses is local, but not organic. I can get organic from Spain, via Amazon for a significant savings, a bit over 5 cents an ounce less, I did the … [Continue reading]
Although I've spent the better part of the last 10 days at the school shadowing the current chef and planned the menu for last week it hasn't all been me, I've had help from the departing chef. Her last day is Monday, which is traditionally Persian … [Continue reading]
LOCAVORISM - Main Entry: locavore Part of Speech: n Definition: a person who attempt to eat only foods grown locally Example: Locavores grow their own food or buy foodstuffs grown within their region. Etymology: 2006 Usage: … [Continue reading]
