Soon...no more pencils, no more books...

Hi everyone,
I know it's been a while since I've updated. I'm trying all sorts of futuristic vehicles of communication now. Like facebook and twitter. Still not sure how to maneuver them, but like that I can update much faster than one of my blog postings. Find me on twitter at gimmeyrcupcake or my facebook page.

School Update!
Lots of things to update about school. First of all it is ending in about 7 weeks. Written final in 2, eating final in 6. I am so proud of my final project with my chef team. It's an incredibly delicious and elegant meal. And, ahem, I worked really hard to create an original dessert recipe. Lesson learned: I am not cut out for pastry recipe testing. I get very curmudgeonly.

The menu:
Tomato Three Ways
Tomato Tart with cashew basil cream
Summer Roll with green tomato marmalade
Golden gazpacho with fennel and white truffle oil

Summer Vegetable Timbale
Herb crusted polenta, zucchini carpaccio, fava bean puree, sauteed greens, frizzled shallots and shitake "bacon" over romesco sauce

Coconut Panna Cotta with Raspberry and Blackberry Coulis
Raspberry Lavender Truffles

Internship Update!
Hooray! I am going to California and Paris! To say that this is fulfilling a dream would render my "hooray" deficient. California! Paris!
Check out the sites:
Mendocino, CA - The Ravens at the Stanford Inn by the Sea. I am so excited to intern at this vegetarian, animal-friendly resort with an amazing organic garden. All of these add up to my paradise.

Paris, France - The Catering Company. I have forever dreamed of cooking in Europe. Check out my very first posting on the blog to reveal how truly Francophile I am. I'm not exactly sure when my departure date is. I am hoping for September when Paris reawakens from the summer exodus. More details to come, and I will most definitely be tweeting my way through France.