Tag: roasted

  • Roasted Peach Compote

    Nerdie gave me a half a flat of peaches from Gold Country where his dad lives. There were pretty ripe so I didn’t think they would hold up being baked in a pie. Instead, I envisioned a sweet and savory chunky jam that would go equally well with cheese as it would over vanilla ice…

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  • Let me have my fear, goddamn it!

    Let me have my fear, goddamn it!

    I can’t seem to figure out why people are so obsessed with getting over fears, and telling me I have to get over mine. It’s actually getting pretty annoying. Keep your shit to yourself and stop telling me how to handle mine. They say, “You’ll grow.” “Challenge yourself.” “You’ll become a better person.” Shut the…

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  • For Reals

    For Reals

    One of the most challenging things I’ve encountered after day two is not the station set up (that’s called mise en place, by the way), or the colored buckets and cans I described yesterday. Rather it’s the recent high school graduates and early 20-somethings. Trying to have a conversation is sometimes just plain frustrating. By…

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  • First Day of Culinary School

    First Day of Culinary School

    It would actually be nice to only need six hours sleep a night, but I doubt I’m developing a new, more efficient pattern. My headache woke me up at a point in my dream where a guy was pulling a long, serrated knife from his cheek as I encouraged him to end his life. That…

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