I will not say hi to everyone by name for fear of missing someone and hurting feelings so I will say hello to all of you!
We are alive and well...the work at the new house is under way. We are in hopes to get everything done to move in to the place by the end of the month.
Kambree is doing well and had a great Christmas...wow it has been a while...
Work is still hectic at times...doing two different banquets and a tasting for a May of '09 wedding on Saturday. Gearing up for the Iowa Pork Producers Taste of Elegance contest on the 26th and am doing another Girl Scout Cookie contest soon. Working on the Valentine's Day menu this week as well as a special brunch menu for that Sunday. Got to spend the night at the hotel twice since Christmas. Once as the Manager On Duty for a weekend and once a week later due to an ice storm. Not too bad when you get three nights in two weeks in $200.00+ a night hotel rooms! Getting ready to do the Des Moines Opera Food and Wine fund raiser next month. I am pretty much becoming the "publicity" Chef at work as well. Nice to be the one in the public eye every now and again. Doing a tv spot on the weekend news show in a few weeks. Not sure what I am making but plan on incorporating local cream and pork amongst other items so a "pork Stroganoff" is a possibility...
Hope all are well here and by the looks there is a lot of reading to do here on the forums so I'll have to check in later this weekend! "See" everyone then!!!
We are alive and well...the work at the new house is under way. We are in hopes to get everything done to move in to the place by the end of the month.
Kambree is doing well and had a great Christmas...wow it has been a while...
Work is still hectic at times...doing two different banquets and a tasting for a May of '09 wedding on Saturday. Gearing up for the Iowa Pork Producers Taste of Elegance contest on the 26th and am doing another Girl Scout Cookie contest soon. Working on the Valentine's Day menu this week as well as a special brunch menu for that Sunday. Got to spend the night at the hotel twice since Christmas. Once as the Manager On Duty for a weekend and once a week later due to an ice storm. Not too bad when you get three nights in two weeks in $200.00+ a night hotel rooms! Getting ready to do the Des Moines Opera Food and Wine fund raiser next month. I am pretty much becoming the "publicity" Chef at work as well. Nice to be the one in the public eye every now and again. Doing a tv spot on the weekend news show in a few weeks. Not sure what I am making but plan on incorporating local cream and pork amongst other items so a "pork Stroganoff" is a possibility...
Hope all are well here and by the looks there is a lot of reading to do here on the forums so I'll have to check in later this weekend! "See" everyone then!!!
"Ponder well on this point: the pleasant hours of our life are all connected, by a more or less tangible link, with some memory of the table."-Charles Pierre Monselet, French author(1825-1888)