Clog blog

In the restaurant where I work, most of us wear clogs. Slip-resistant, black leather clogs. I wore clogs all through culinary school and at all the restaurants that I've worked in. It was only after tonight, after 9 hours of turning and burning 400-something covers, that I sat down and looked at my aching feet and wondered why the hell we all wear these damn clogs. Granted, not EVERYONE wears clogs. Some wear slip-resistant sneaker-style shoes, but for the most part, everyone I know wears the same, ugly, clunky clogs. They may vary in style. Some prefer to wear the half-clog, while others like myself wear the full-clog. Why? Maybe if I bought the really expensive ones, they'd be more comfortable. I just don't see any way to justify spending $85 for a pair of ugly ass shoes to wear to a job that severely underpays everyone there. Maybe I should just cut out a couple pieces of grease mat and glue them to the bottom of my Vans.

Give me stuff

As I mentioned earlier. I am getting married. Not today, but soon. In October. Granted, it's my wedding as much as hers, but how much work does the groom actually do? History tells us, not much. So far be it for me to screw with history, I abstain from much of the wedding planning. Not because I don't want to. It's just that we, as guys don't grow up dreaming of what our wedding gown will look like or what color the flowers will be and blah blah blah blah blah. Here's what guy's grow up thinking...Man dresses in black, girl dresses in white, you stand, you talk, you kiss, you're married. Done. That's a wedding in a nutshell, albeit a very small nutshell, like a pine nut or something. But before all that happens, there's another thing called the wedding registry. For those of you unfamiliar with this concept, it's a rather fabulous idea. Basically what a registry allows you to do is tell people what to give you. The point of the registry to hopefully avoid getting crappy gifts like a salad spinner. But even if you want a salad spinner, you certainly don't want 15 of them. A registry also helps avoid multiple people buying you the same damn thing. With the rise of the technological revolution (i.e. the internet) people can view your registry online and see which items you have "asked" for and which ones (the cheapest) have already been purchased. One of my least favorite things is to ask for gifts when it's Christmas time or when my birthday is approaching. I don't really care what people give me if they give me anything at all. I will always make every attempt to sincerely appreciate every gift and I almost always do. But ask me to tell you what I want. I usually can't think of much that I truly want. That being said. The wedding registry is a whole different story. This is the time when that greedy little bastard in all of us comes out. Why? Because the registry is for BOTH of you. And while everyone will know that it was me personally who registered for the KitchenAid 9-piece cookware set in 5-layered stainless steel. Or the nearly $1000.00 in Shun knives. The 500 pound cast iron Emile Henry Dutch Oven.These gifts are for the BOTH of us. We're GETTING MARRIED DAMMIT AND WE NEED THINGS! Sure, she doesn't cook anything more than hotdogs (on occasion) or a bowl of cold cereal. These gifts are for US. Hooray for the registry. I'm doing this for US!

Le Cordon Blog

About me. I am 29 years old. A certified Le Cordon Bleu Chef. A certifiable nerd. I have a passion for all things Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter. My ideal movie would be where a young wizard goes to Jedi training in order to fulfill his quest in destroying an evil ring. Sweet.

My Blog

"What's my blog going to be about?" I wondered out loud as I burned my hand on the tea kettle. Would it be a place for fellow culinarians to gather and discuss the latest trends in cooking? Perhaps. Would it a utopian haven where ideas and recipes could be shared freely? Perhaps. Or will it be a place for me to bitch about how hard it is to find a reasonably priced copy of the El Bulli book? Or the rest of Culinaria (Konemann) Series that my collection is lacking? Yes, let's bitch about the books, at least for a minute. If I wanted to order the El Bulli book from Spain, not only would it cost me about 140 Euros to purchase but another 50 Euros to ship. With the Euro at roughly 1.50 to our dollar, that's a lot of damn dollars. If I wanted to buy a copy here, I can expect to pay anywhere from $250.00 ( a bargain by the looks of it) to as much as $400.00 (not quite the bargain). Yes, this book may be the holy grail of all food books (I don't call it a cookbook because it's so much more than that), but $300.00 is way too much to pay. Especially when one (me) doesn't have money falling out of his ears. You know you're not rich when you think that buying a box of frosted flakes to look for a giant flake to sell on ebay (there's one going for well over a hundred dollars right now) is a good idea. Sad.

Blogs are for girls.

Blogs are for girls. This was my initial thought when I was told I should create my own by my fiancee ( a girl) or is it fiance? I don't know which spelling is for the girl and which one is for the guy. But regardless, here I am, most assuredly not a girl with my own blog. I like that word, blog. I think it's my new favorite word. Blog blog blog blog blog.