Back to Normal....sort of....

S0, 2 weeks ago I graduated from culinary school,( I may have mentioned that once or twice) and things are starting to get back to normal.  I spent Easter week at home in Illinois.  The week went by really, really fast and before I knew it, I was on the plane back to Denver.  That was to be short lived, as the next day I was back at the airport headed to Albuquerque.  It would seem that now that school was done, my schedule would slow down and I would get back into a routine.  Nope!  In an effort to "keep my foot in the door" of the food industry, I have started as an assistant in the Home Cook Kitchen at the school.  I had my first class on Friday, which was the end of a 5 day basic culinary skills "vacation".  The students had been there all week learning different basic techniques, but yesterday's class focused on things like braising, deglazing, steaming and the results of the students labor was delicious....at the end of the day, we sat down to lunch of steamed mussels, greens with walnuts, bacon, bleu cheese and vinaigrette, potatoes dauphonis, braised pork loin with plum sauce, brussel sprouts and lemon and chocolate mousse.  I had so much fun working in the class with the students and the chef.  So much fun in fact that I did it again today!  Today was all about the Dim Sum.  Potstickers, steamed pork buns, scallion cakes, spring rolls, pork dumplings with peanut sauce, shrimp dumplings,  and chicken,sausage and rice wrapped in lotus leaves.  Potstickers were absolutely my favorite (of course, previous followers of this blog already know my undying love for a good potsticker).  So my schedule and life are as busy as ever.  In an effort to actually reap the benefits of my education, I'm looking at even more ways to keep my life busy.  I'll sleep sometime...for now, there are cakes to bake, curds to make and futures to plan.......