Call me Donna Summer because I’m lookin’ for some hot stuff baby! I don’t know about you all, but I have been freezing my tail off up here! I’m sitting here, eatin’ my heart out, waitin’, well, for summer. Now, I don’t want to complain much about the cold because I know that all east coasters are feeling it but DAYUM this winter just drags on and on! Thank God I finally have somewhere warm to spend my mornings.

Speaking of which, I have some good news and some bad news on the culinary updates. The good news is that we finally finished MOD1 (all A’s baby!) and have slingshotted straight into MOD2 at an intense pace. We literally went from waiting for stock to boil to having multiple sauté pans firing at once and running around an extremely hot and smoky kitchen like the place was on fire (which, for some us, it WAS!). I have suffered a few burns and they are taking FOR-EV-ERRRR to heal and leaving some pretty bad scars, so I’m wondering if you have any tips or tricks for burn treatment?! I’ll literally try anything at this point- between the burns, the bitter cold, and the relentless dishwashing, my hands have had a hard time holding up. The dry, peeling skin on my hands scares me! You’re welcome for that lovely visual… And now for the bad news. (Sorry- the current state of my hands was not the bad news…!) While we’ve been killing it in the kitchen and everything has been moving at an extremely fast and exciting pace, I’ve been learning a ton of technique and cooking things that I can actually eat! However, our new chef prefers that we do not use our iPads in the kitchen, so there will be a shortage of images for the time being. I’m sorry! It’s totally out of my control. That said, (if you’re still reading…) I am going to supplement with more restaurant visits. I’ll try to post as much about school as I can, but I have a feeling that no one wants to read a food blog without any actual images of the food. Like, WTF is that even called?! An essay?! This isn’t 1994. Get a grip. And in the meantime, enjoy this short and sweet little image summary of the past few weeks: