It’s Been a While ( file under tired and busy)

Hello friends. Lend me your eyes and I will bring you on my culinary journey once more. Yes it has been a while. I have been working like a dog and unfortunately have not been able to write as I am so worn down.

First off a big hug and kiss to my wonderful C. She is away kicking ass and taking names again in NYC at Stella Adler and I could not be more proud. Sure maybe a bit lonely but it is a small price to pay to know love as I do.

I’ll admit it. I am an uber human. I can do things with super human strength and an awesome force of will. However I will also admit that the key word there is human. I have been going at break neck speed since January 18th of this year in pursuit of my dream. To become the best possible chef that I can. I have worked a paltry eight hour shift and I have worked a forty one hour shift. I have been bright eyes and bushy tailed and also bushy eyed and bright tailed. But I have endured.

This summer has been both enlightening and exhilarating. I have seen the reward of countless hours at work. I have witnessed the political, cultural and social climate of the kitchen, at first as an outsider and now as a somewhat seasoned newbie.

I would also like to apologize for not writing. It is not from lack of desire. Merely fatigue and working six if not seven days a week. Usually by the time I get a day off I am so tired, so wrecked, so incredibly drained that I find myself waking up, doing a bit of work, taking a nap and then some more reading or work. I had always known that the life of a chef was not the highly stylized and glamorous depiction that so many home cooks believe is reality that they see on television but I will say that I have come to understand and appreciate what it really means to be a chef. AND I’m just STARTING!

So today, I plan on writing about some of the fun experiences of that last few weeks;

Shucking Oysters – 1000’s of them
My skill level and where I see my flaws
Laughs, laughs and more laughs.

I will return shortly with what is sure to be a great post about shucking oysters.

A great Russian poet, Yevgeny Yevtushenko once said; “Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness, will not be happy” Do you know the price of happiness? I do and I am grateful for it.

Are you dreaming big and inspired?

A la prochaine

SDM