The Good Rabbi's Blog

Hi there, I know it's been a long while since I last updated this site, and surprisingly I have some time today, so I thought I'd put an update in. Right now I'm in the real "meat" of the culinary programme (pun intended). Throughout the whole year, there are three major courses that comprise the most important parts of the degree requirements: European Cuisine (which encompasses Scandinavia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and a few rogue states in the Balkans), Foods of the Americas (which encompasses South America, Central America, the Caribbean, the USA, Canada & Hawaii), and Asian Cuisine (which encompasses pretty much everything else).

Well, I've finished the academic portion of my Asian cuisine class. This week is all testing. We started off this week with a field trip down to Chinatown. There we marveled at the architecture, the strange aromas wafting through the air, the even stranger foods and ingredients for sale, and the crazy old ladies that kept trying to elbow their way through everyone.

Tonight I have released a new update to this site. The main thrust of this new release is a fully functional photo gallery. Anonymous users may view the photo albums that I've posted, and rate the photos contained therein. They may also read comments that have been posted.

Well, as I mentioned in one of my last postings, this week has been all examinations and competitions for Asian cuisine. All the fun began on Tuesday, after our Monday trip to San Francisco's Chinatown. Tuesday was our team Iron Chef competition.

After the team Iron Chef competition had been completed, we had two days of individual Iron Chef competitions (due to space limitations in the kitchen). I competed the first day. We all had to make one main course plate that consisted of the protein we drew, as well as a starch, and a vegetable.

Well, your Rabbi has entered the first of two major projects associated with his culinary education. The first project is to come up with a restaurant concept in San Francisco. The school has worked with various other groups and companies in the Bay area in order to help us simulate how our restaurant will operate, target customers, etc.