Jess and I, sadly lost touch in college but when she saw my blog on my Facebook page, she immediately got back in touch:
"Subject: Your Lovely Blog
Message: Hi Sara!
A couple of things:
1. I love your blog!
2. Let's cook together some time!
3. I can't put it in a five word phrase, so please see below.
It just so happens that I will be starting "Classic Culinary Arts" at the French Culinary Institute. I'll be attending night class while I work full time, for nine months. Why am I telling you this? Because I see that we are on similar paths, and why not get together, catch-up, and discuss our culinary passions!"
Isn't it so funny how things come in full circle?
So that is how the other week, I got to cook with a "real" chef... ok well a soon-to-be real chef.
The menu (we thought this up on the spot in the aisles of Whole Foods):
-Halibut with a White Wine Sauce
-Roasted Potatoes, Onions and Sunchokes
-Caramelized Brussel Sprouts, Pearl Onions and Pancetta
What went down was absolute culinary chaos. We split up and were each responsible for our own dish. I tackled the brussel sprouts, Jess worked on the fish and sauce, and Jess's boyfriend took on the potatoes and sunchokes....
I did manage to get bits and pieces of what everyone was doing at their respective stations, and I even was able to snag Jess's recipe cards from class with the recipe for white sauce. I promise to share all of this tomorrow. It's late an I'm tired so if you want to know what a sunchoke is and how to cook one, you will have to stay tuned...
