September 2008 – Eat Bake

Domestic

Look out Austin..

Sweets

I’m on the road! So DmentD took me out for a second drive today after brunch. We started off in a carpark, at one end where it was quiet, and then further along it where there were a few more people and some traffic for me to contend with. We even tried out some parking! […]

Cooking, Photos, School

End of Bread

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The day is here, tomorrow is my last day of bread. The last day of my first block. As of next week I’ll be in a different lab with a different Chef Instructor doing something completely different. It’s exciting And also a little scary! 6 weeks are over already, 1/6 of my class work is […]

Cooking, Photos, School

Drumroll if you please…

Sweets

I would like to introduce you to my newest creation. For class I had to create my own bread, to make and present in my final exam this Friday. After some playing and tinkering I have what I believe to be the winning formula. It still needs a few tweaks, mostly in presentation, and I’m […]

Cooking, Photos, School

Bread, more bread, market and driving!

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I am about to start the third and final week of bread, so I figured I ought to catch people up on this past week. Last week we were making ‘enriched’ doughs, a lot sweeter and richer than the ‘artisan’ breads of the first week. My exam on Friday went well, I got full marks […]

Photos, Random

Kitchen Critter

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So there we were cleaning up after cooking breakfast yesterday when DmentD finds this little fellow in the sink, amidst the soap and under the greasy pan. So he’s picked up and placed on the windowsill with a few drops of water to see what happens. Now, I guess the only reason I’m not completely […]

Cooking, Photos, School

Bread: Week One

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For those I haven’t already told I passed my first unit, BK101 with flying colours, getting an A. I finally found out my score for the last theory test today which was 102/100… Hooray for bonus questions! This week we started the bread unit (BK110) and it has been awesome! Milk rolls, white and wholewheat […]

Cooking, Photos

Asia Fest

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This weekend at the TCA was the 3rd annual Asian Food Festival. While not really interested in the rest of the weekend DmentD and I wanted to attend the classes run on the Saturday. They were all run by local chefs and it was all very interesting, and fun as well. We originally bought tickets […]

Cooking, School

Cake and badges

Sweets

Had a fun class today, we made a vanilla pound cake quickly, which took forever to cook. And then we decorated our chiffon cakes from yesterday.. this was what I had been waiting for! First we had to torte the cake, cutting a 2″ high cake into 3 even layers. Spreading a thin layer of […]

Random

Photos

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I’ve finally finished getting all my photos up into the gallery.. Go look!

Foreign Saga

The Bank Saga

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So, my first Monday in town we decided to get all practical and go get me a SIM card for my phone, and open a bank account. We’ve picked a bank, after asking around and seeing who gets recommended and see a branch while out on our travels so decide to pop in there. We […]