Even though I'm no longer working at Baume, I'm still excited to celebrate their wins!  They were recently reviewed in this week's restaurant reviews on SFgate.com

Michaell Bauer's Dec 2011 Review of Baume

Congratulations team!!

Hi All -

Not a lot of posting activity lately...but I've been busy working.  =)  Last month, I took a break from teaching classes at Sur la Table to help my old chef from Baume at the Tibetan Aid Charity event at the 4 Seasons in San Francisco.

Please visit his blog post to see some pictures of the event: Savorama

See you all soon!
Terrina

In LA

Looking forward to checking out the food truck scene while I'm in sunny, yet cold, Los Angeles, CA. So far, I've just been sucked into the scene on my computer...trying to catch up on being offline for close to 3 years.

I've got to make a list and focus (on what I have to do AND what I have to eat!!).

Michelin star-crossed culinarians will square off on the Peninsula - San Jose Mercury News

http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_14227143?source=rss

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Creating memorable food moments

"Great restaurants are like theaters for your mind," Ruth Riechl on restaurants and why one would spend over $100 per person on a great meal.

A great restaurant should create memorable moments for their guests.

*Sigh* I'm so sad to hear that Gourmet magazine is going out of print. I really liked that magazine!
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LOVE cured meats!

So glad its making a revival here in the bay!

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113680055

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Gotta love the Japanese supermarket!

Special selection will make all people who are thinking of happy tea time

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This spells trouble!

I specifically ate so that I would not be hungry when I went into Whole Foods for groceries today. I had a specific list in hopes that I would walk away without hitting over a hundred dollars worth of expenses.

Unfortunately I still walked away with a bill of ~$94 because I decided to make a mixed nut butter this week. I also decided that I needed to reduce the number of water bottles that I use weekly, so I picked up a couple of BPA free gallon sized bottles and filled it with their filtered water.

So, between the new water bottles, the mixed nuts AND a purchase of a $12.99 jar of raw organic I absolutely missed my personal goal of cutting back on that bill. Sigh - that's okay. I was feeling a little inspired today at the store.
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Personal Victory

Today I butchered 3 lamb saddles (6 cuts of lamb) within roughly 20 min each. When I first started, it took me almost an hour for a single saddle!

The best part is that my chef & sous chef complimented me. Not only did I pass the test, but I was also told that I was better than my chef in taking the meat off the bone. My sous chef said that he couldn't believe how clean the bones were!

All in all a good day for me at the restaurant. FINALLY!! Now I just have to keep it up!
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