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How To Go To Le Cordon Bleu On A Scholarship

Dear Aspiring Culinary Student(s), I’ve been getting a bunch of emails about cooking school and culinary scholarships lately so I’m going to try my best to answer all your queries about going to culinary school, and even better, going to culinary school on scholarship. Should you have more questions, please leave them in the comments […]
12 years ago

Week 3: Life As A Culinary Student

First thing on Monday morning, we had our class photo. I was really excited for this, but it was quite disheartening to see that most of the class didn’t show up. We are a batch of 38 students at the Intermediate level, but you can see just 17 of us in there. Oh well. ** […]
12 years ago

Week 2: Life As A Culinary Student

On the first day of the week, I got myself locked out of my locker, again. This had already happened once before, back when I was studying Basic Cuisine and the folks at school had to break into my locker with mighty big cutters. I really didn’t want to go through this all over again. […]
12 years ago

Life As A Culinary Student at Le Cordon Bleu, Paris

If you’re following me on Instagram, you probably already know that I began my Intermediate Cuisine course at Le Cordon Bleu, Paris about 2 weeks ago. I’m so excited about being back at school and hope to make the most of my time here, after having spent a wonderful 3 months each at LCB Paris […]
12 years ago

Of Copper Pots and Making Memories

For as long as I’ve know the value of cooking in a copper pot, I’ve yearned for one. Every time we’d pass by a shop window at Dehillerin or catch a glimpse of them in kitchens, I’d sigh at the sight of them, hoping that I’ll save up a little money and own a copper […]
12 years ago

Ajiaco + Patacón

It’s holiday season and all of our friend’s are heading back home to celebrate Christmas and this means there are dinner parties and potlucks every other evening. A few days ago we were invited to a dinner party where our friend Luis, made two Colombian specialties called Ajiaco, a  dark yellow creamy potato soup and […]
12 years ago

My First Thanksgiving

I celebrated my first ever Thanksgiving yesterday when my American friend, Jennie, prepared a huge feast for a bunch of us lucky ones. I was so excited because I’d heard and read so much about all the food made and eaten on this day and I got to experience it all, albeit in Paris. There […]
12 years ago

Mon Quartier

My neighbourhood in the 15ème is pretty darn amazing. Butchers, boulangeries, fromageries, cafés, patisseries, a fantastic outdoor market that open thrice a week and a gorgeous little park (with wifi!). When I first moved here a couple of months ago I went into a tizzy taking photos of the neighbourhood. Every time I’d take a […]
12 years ago

Paris Favourites: Cookware and Ingredient Shopping

When I was in Paris just for a day to pick up my Carte Sejour (residence permit, wohoo!), I made sure I stopped at my three favourite shops. Because no cook’s pantry is ever full, and because you just need that Eiffel tower cookie cutter as a souvenir to remember the trip by, you ought […]
13 years ago