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Cooking Thought: August 17th 2012

By thedeafchef August 17, 2012

  “No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.” ― Laurie Colwin     This is so true. I love you, Chef Caitie Barker.

Cooking Thought: July 19th 2012

By thedeafchef July 21, 2012

“A human being is primarily a bag for putting food into; the other functions and faculties may be more godlike, but in point of time they come afterwards. A man dies and is buried, and all his words and actions are forgotten, but the food he has eaten lives after him in the sound or […]

Cooking Thought: May 2nd 2012

By thedeafchef May 2, 2012

    “Non cooks think it’s silly to invest two hours’ work in two minutes’ enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, well, so is the ballet.” -Julia Child

The RMS Titanic: Chapter 6

By thedeafchef April 14, 2012

The Titanic was the best of the best. No one could be blase about this Neptune of a ship. Her First Class Passengers, accustomed to a certain standard of life, were not disappointed with what they found aboard this massive ocean vessel. The finest in cabins, gyms, libraries, veranda cafes, turkish baths, smoke rooms, and […]

The RMS Titanic: Chapter 4

By thedeafchef April 11, 2012

The table cloths were expertly laid on the tables to hold the plates and glasses securely in place. The china had never been eaten off of and the dinning rooms smelled of fresh paint. Waiters stood by ready to serve whilst cooks and  professionally trained chefs prepared breakfast, lunch, and dinner for all 2,435 passengers on board the […]

Cooking Thought: March 8th 2012

By thedeafchef March 7, 2012

“No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.” ― Laurie Colwin

Cooking Thought: January 6th 2012

By thedeafchef January 6, 2012

The difference between a country cook and a chef are the sauces. -Sandy, pastry chef, professor at Lincoln Land Community College

Are Ya Deaf?

By thedeafchef January 6, 2012

When the exhaust fan is running at work my hearing is virtually useless. I let people know that I may not hear them because of only having one good ear so that they don’t think I’m being rude and ignoring them but I’ve found their memory and often times their responses rather amusing. While working […]

The Dish Pit

By thedeafchef January 6, 2012

The dishwasher is the most unappreciated, generally underpaid, hardest working member of any kitchen staff. This is something I’ve come to learn after being in a kitchen for 8 years. I never started in the dish pit. I was one of the view lucky cooks who started working on salads and pizzas before moving up […]

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