In other news, I started a cooking class last week.  The class meets on Monday nights and is a ton of fun.  It’s something I promised myself I’d do to further my skills since I decided against culinary school.

In preparation for class I did a little DIY knife skills class with my friends Valerie and Rebecca.  We considered various knife skills classes in town, but they were either too pricey, booked, or didn’t cover everything we wanted.  Hence the DIY.

A trip to the grocery store, a couple of YouTube videos, and Valerie’s tome of a textbook from the Culinary Institute of America and we were good to go.  Onions, carrots, bell peppers, potatoes, and chickens — we decimated them all.

It was fun.  And good to work out some kinks before class.  We’re big time, baby.

Photo credit: Laura from Blogging Over Thyme