What are some other paths in the food industry?
Roto asked:
I’m 21 and I’m a cook. I graduated from a culinary school. Right now, i work in a restauarant to gain some exp. I would like to continue to keep educated myself becuz learning nevers end. But I wanna ask what other educations can i get to help in my cooking field other than pastry and sugar decoration course. I really enjoy creating new dishes with different kind of flavors and textures by using my own theory. I believe cooking will bring happiness to ppl. I was thinking taking chinese herb medicine. (What other suggestion do u have?) I never intend to open a restuarant and become a executive chef. I look at cooking as more in scientific and formulas.
BTW, i’m also a language lover. I speak English, Chinese, French, Spanish, and a bit of Russian. I think the language can give me that extra boost in my cooking area.
No short answer plz.
thoughtful answer is welcome. Thank you for the advices ^^’
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Fashion Help. Quick. Please?
thegoodthebad&theleftoverlauren asked:
My boyfriend is graduating from the French Culinary School in Manhattan this Monday then we’re going out to a fancy restaurant for dinner. Like wicked fancy. Like, owned by one of those chefs on the food network. I asked my boyfriend what to wear and he told me to wear what I usually wear only somehow I think doc martins and a bullet belt won’t really cut it. Help!? oh yea, a picture of the outfit you’re describing would really help, I’m fashion challenged.
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Does anyone know of a good meat butchering book? One with real pictures and examples?
Michael K asked:
I am a student at The French Culinary Institute in New York, and I was look for something comprehensive on the butchering of various meats.
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Is culinary school a bad idea?
claire asked:
I am currently a senior in college getting my bachelors in psychology. I am debating going to law school or culinary school. I have a passion for both. What are the job opportunities like for someone who gets a degree in the culinary arts? I want to open my own restaurant but i’m just scared i’ll end up working as a burger flipper at mcdonald’s instead. Should I just be more practical and go to law school where a good job is more attainable?
I always see these fancy french chefs on tv and that terrifies me because i feel like I couldn’t hold a candle to them.
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French help please?
st. sparrow asked:
*NO online translation sites please!*
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Merci!
David, thanks for your insight on that.
Curious_lalalala, thanks very much for the French-Canadian perspective, especially since I live in Quebec and it’s often difficult to keep track of the colloquial differences!
Funny, I looked up “lawn” and I got “pelouse”, which none of you mentioned. I wonder how common it is.
Maya, that’s funny about “herbe” being an out-of-date expression for marijuana. Just like in English, it was more common to say “herb” or “grass” for marijuana back in the 60s/70s.
Freshface, I’ve never heard the word “grape” in French before to mean raisin!? I’m pretty sure it’s more common to say “raisin sec” or simply “raisin” if the context is obvious.
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EXTREME DEBT HELP PLEASE?
junk_account23 asked:
my wife got a loan for 40,000 for the french culinary institute. she’s been in school for about 2 months and not until i started checking her paper for this, did i find that the interests for this are 61,000. so now we have a debt of 101,000. this is to be paid in 15 years or so by making payments of 600 a month. I also made her get a credit report and she has other debts (about 10,000 total) but what worries me the most is the 101,000 student loan. what can i do about this? I’ve heard of student loan consolidation, would that help? do you have any advice? we’re not professionals or anything, we actually live with her mom and don’t have money to even pay rent, what can we do?
it is 61,000 and the interests is 13%. she doesnt have to start the payments until november of next next year. we called them today and they confirmed this, the loan is through sallie mae.
her mom is her cosigner. as a matter of fact at the beggining she said she would pay for it, but she thought it was only 40,000. then she started backing up and now we just found out that it’s actually 100,000.
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Where can I find article about?
pianopiggy92 asked:
I need to find magazine and newspaper articles about the Culinary Institute of America, The French Culinary Institute, and the Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute. They can be on the internet but they need to have been published and printed in the paper or a magazine at sosme point. I looked on Google and Yahoo. Thanks
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Can you fix my translation (French)?
metavain asked:
Its not even close to a translation, but whatever. Its to get the general feel.
La temp de Martinique est tres bon, moyenne de 79 degrés. Il y a duex alizés, (est et nord-est). Il y a aussi a cinq degrés difference entre l’hiver et l’Été.
Les eaux de l’île est tres chaud. Il est situé 4,261 milles de Paris. (Huit heure en l’avion) et 275 milles de Amérique Sud.
La religion principal est Catholicisme. Il y a duex Cathédrales sur le Martinique. Religion est tres important au les hommes est femmes de les l’île.
Le nourriture de Martinique est tres divers et exotique. Les food principal incluez cavier et poisons. Il y a mélange de Creole et Français culture dans le nourriture de Martinique.
The mean temperature averages 79°F. Two regular, alternating wind currents (east and northeast) cool the atmosphere. These are the tradewinds, called les alizés. There is only about a 5° difference between summer and winter temperatures.
The waters of the Atlantic Ocean lap its shores on the east and the Caribbean Sea is to the west. The island is located 4,261 miles from Paris (8 hours by plane) and approximately 275 miles from the northern coast of the South American continent. The closest two neighboring islands are Dominica (15.5 miles to the north) and Saint Lucia (23 miles to the south.)
Two Catholic Cathedrals and a large number of parish churches illustrate the importance of Catholicism on the island.
The culinary styles found on this French-speaking island reflect its international cultural heritage. Traditional French cuisine is widely available, including many delicacies such as caviar, as well as many specialty dishes that are unique to the French West Indies.
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To all the proffesional chefs out there! Can you share your story and tell us what challenged you most?
EndorphinRush asked:
In other words, I am interested in learning what you have been through to make it to the end, whether if it is the formal education such as going through culinary school, or if it is any other route. I inspire to become a professional cook one day but do not have any type of support (as in financially and emotionally), yet I have been always told that I have skills for containing a broad range of knowledge on Mediterranean, Asian, American, Mexican, and French (a good repertoire of recipes on memory). Yet, I have my own international urban unique style which evolved over the years. I am familiar with different types of cooking i.e. braising, reducing, broiling, seering (if I spelled it right) and etc. To sum-up I’m quick and practical as well, all I need is is some push in the right direction…
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Should I go to Culinary or San Jose State?
ReDBeaN asked:
I love food. I like cooking it, i like thinking about it, i like eating it. Im not a very academic person and im lazy BUT i get good grades and i CAN study hard. Im interested in French and i want to study abroad. Culinary wont let me do that. State will. I want to learn french so that i can better my cooking experience if i go to france. Should I take four years to get a degree in hospitality and management and minor in french and then come out and take two years of culinary? will i be too old? .. eveyrone will be cooking before me.. =/ and if i go straight to culinary ill be happy but.. ill think always what wouldve happened if i got a degree… help T..T im getting a migrane
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