Hello Old Friend

Well, hello blog.  How are you?  I've missed you!  I'm so glad we just ran into each other.  I've been cooking, traveling and creating in the kitchen like crazy, I think it's time we caught up!  Three months has been too long a separation and will take some time to fill you in completely, but in a nutshell............

I'm at the halfway point with my Top Chef University Courses and I've learned so many awesome new tricks in the kitchen.  Not to mention cooked some amazing new dishes and created some of my own.  I'm looking into other courses once this one is complete.  

Speaking of kitchen, we just updated all of our appliances and we now have a gas range!  Yes I have gas!  I'm so excited.  To break it in right, I made 16 gallons of White Chocolate Irish Potato Soup for the United Cerebral Palsy's Irish Evening.  

So far this year I've experienced new chocolates in St. Petersburg, Florida and most recently did a chocolate tour around New York City.  I've got so many ideas from that trip-just got to find time to incorporate them all.  

I've been working on some new projects about which I'm super excited.  As of right now they are just in the "idea" stage but I'm taking steps to start researching how to make them reality.    

I'm even rejuvenating my passion for cakes and baking up several scratch carrot cakes with homemade caramel sauce for Easter next week.

So, how about we make a date for coffee tomorrow and I'll get started filling you in?