Back in Business

Well....Hello Everyone!

I'm back and hopefully staying to write for awhile, I've missed it alot and things have been crazy busy lately but let me fill you in on the little details from the past almost to months.

Extern ended: July 15th
Left Colorado: July 19th

Arrived in Ohio: July 20th

Left Ohio for New York: August 20th
Moved into the dorms at the CIA: August 21st

Started Classes for a new year at The Culinary Institute of America: August 23rd

Crazy, crazy, crazy stuff. But that leaves you questioning....what did you do between leaving Colorado and moving back into school. That I will tell you.

I honestly spent alot of time relaxing, enjoying my family, just getting to enjoy somewhat of a break before school started back up. Though about three weeks in I was ready to be back at school and in a routine. I did do alot of projects, worked at the butcher market I worked at last summer before I left for school and made some pocket change. Got to do alittle photography and eat some great food around the local Columbus area.

Jeni's Newest Location in German Village and my sister holding up a waffle cone scooped up with the Buckeye State (chocolate and peanut butter, after a signature candy based off of Buckeyes)

Now, the 1st photo on the left was a project I did, I was making sweet pickle chips (or bread and butter pickles). To the center is one of the last meals I made at home, Pan seared scallops, roasted fingerling potatoes, and a salad of arugula, roasted red peppers, strawberries, balsamic, olive oil and buttermilk blue cheese. The last photo to the right is something I had at Jeni's one day, it was a float they had made up. It was a scoop of their vanilla ice cream with passion fruit yogurt and dry vanilla soda. Let me say, it was very, very tasty, I could have had like three of those it was so good.

Now that I've been back at school I've been busy with my classes. Currently I'm taking what is called L Block and is 6 weeks of academics. So I'm taking:

Intro to Management

Nutrition

Menu Development

Costing or as our professor thinks we should call it, Money

Restaurant Law

Its been busy the past few weeks and I've just started! But yesterday I did a catering gig for a local catering company/restaurant for a wedding. Last Saturday I went out mushroom foraging (more like mushroom picture taking to identify), survived when hurricane Irene passed through the week before. It's been all fun lately, like honestly it has!

Pictures of some mushrooms me and my friend Amanda found on our trip to forage! Now the one to the right I'm still trying to identify but to the left, I've got a feeling its a chicken mushroom but I could be wrong.

Well, that's it for this post. I'll update more and have some more school related stuff (like photos of our campus!) Theres also many more adventures to come!

-Garrett