Culinary School

Why Is It Easier To Buy A Gun Than High-Fructose Corn Syrup?

Sophie Brickman | Posted 11.19.2008 | Style

Read More: High-Fructose Corn Syrup, Dining, Food, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Eating, Sweeteners, Culinary School, Sugar, Style News
Sophie Brickman

Is high fructose corn syrup a drug? Will people soon figure this out and start producing manipulated corn syrup in their bathtubs under the cover of night?

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What is a Foodie? Am I One? Are You?

Sophie Brickman | Posted 10.15.2008 | Style

Read More: Culinary Arts, Gourmet Cooking, Gourmand, Dining Out, Cooking, Gastronomy, Gourmet, Food, Eating, Gastronome, Epicure, Culinary School, Foodie, Style News
Sophie Brickman

A thought then clanged in my head: as a culinary student whose mind focused on the culinary arts more than 50% of each day, was I now a foodie?

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Oh, yeah? Shove a Beer Can Up Your Butt.

Sophie Brickman | Posted 10.06.2008 | Style

Read More: Chicken, Culinary School, Barbecue, Smoking, Cooking, Beer, Bbq, Food, Grilling, Austin, Texas, Austin City Limits, Slow Cooked Chicken, Texas Cooking, Texan Dan, Style News
Sophie Brickman

Now almost done with the first level of culinary school, I found myself on the plane to Austin equally excited about the music festival I was going to as about the food.

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How to Get the Smell of Garlic Off Your Hands

Sophie Brickman | Posted 09.22.2008 | Style

Read More: Hygiene, Cooking, Garlic, Chopping, Food, Smells, Culinary School, Slicing, Cleaning, Style News
Sophie Brickman

As I near the end of my first month of culinary school, I find myself facing a new hygiene problem: my hands constantly smell of garlic.

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The First Five Things You Learn at Culinary School

Sophie Brickman | Posted 09.15.2008 | Style

Read More: Chopping, Food, Chef, Culinary School, Cuisine, Cooking, Kitchen, Style News
Sophie Brickman

I've been told that you can tell a lot from the way a person chops. Headstrong individuals wail away at an onion, while calmer people are more precise. I was the first person to cut myself in class.

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One Millenial Speaks Out: Why I'm Enrolling in Culinary School

Sophie Brickman | Posted 08.27.2008 | Style

Read More: Food, Technology, Millenials, Culinary School, Cooking, Style News
Sophie Brickman

I find myself wanting to run away from this tech-savvy world where people sit at computers in their offices and communicate with others, three feet away, through G-chat.

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