A Community of Cooks

I belong to a community of cooks. When I close my eyes, I am instantly transported to a familiar world of spice, language, and most prominently: food.  Beginning in my junior year, nearly every hour that I wasn’t in high school I spent…

Forged In Fire: Overcoming Obstacles in the Kitchen

It is a unique feeling to watch a plate carried out of your kitchen with an order you are certain is incorrect. As the realization hits, you frantically tear after the waiter, hoping to catch him in time. In those few instances he slips through,…