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By: Highland Coffees for Hogmanay « Outlander Kitchen

Highland Coffees for Hogmanay « Outlander Kitchen — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:18:25 +0000

[...] then my Englishman’s voice calls me back to my 21st Century reality, here on our little island in the Pacific [...]

By: Suzy

Suzy — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:59:23 +0000

GREAT Blog – I’m gonna browse the hell out of it!

By: Theresa

Theresa — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:15:24 +0000

Alison, great to hear from you! Koda, our Shiba Inu also says hi.

As for my culinary path, I took a leap 2 years ago and attended a 6 month full time course in Vancouver. That involved living with my Mom during the week, and then returning to Pender for the weekends. After graduation, I got a job at a restaurant here on the island. That lasted for the summer. After a couple more restaurant jobs, which I enjoyed and learned a lot from, I am now kept very busy blogging, catering and writing for two periodicals. I get to talk about food all day long — my version of heaven!

Moving into the food industry can be a tough switch. The pay is low, the hours long, and starting at the bottom can be trying, especially at my age! But if you really love food, it`s probably the only place you`ll be happy. Try out different jobs within the industry — try to work with older, classically trained chefs. I found that smaller restaurants was where I learned the most — I washed a lot of dishes, but I also prepped and plated food alongside the owner — long before I would have been given that responsibility in a larger restaurant with a bigger kitchen staff.

Best of luck! Let me know how it goes…

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:14:16 +0000

Hi there! I found your blog by chance and I love it! I can’t wait to try some of your recipes. The funny thing is that I used the same format for my blog :) I’m also Canadian (from Ontario) and I was pleasantly surprised to see your Inu :) I have been wanting to get an Akita for Years! So it’s wonderful to see a relative of the akita, considering how unknown these breeds are in North America.
I am currently working in cancer research and dream of leaving my job to go to professional culinary school. So I smiled when I read that you did something similar. I was hoping you wouldn’t mind telling me a bit about whether or not you are currently working in the food industry and if so, how you steered your career after you graduated from cooking school.

Thanks!
Alison

By: Honey Mae Quitzau

Honey Mae Quitzau — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:16:44 +0000

Your blog is inspired, hilarious, but mostly, your creativity in food is world class. We are so lucky to have you here on Pender.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:35:28 +0000

Thanks for stopping by Barb!

By: Barbara Johnstone Grimmer

Barbara Johnstone Grimmer — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:25 +0000

Great page and story – we are on Pender and my husband loves to cook, too. His favourites are foraged or home raised food – so stinging nettles, wild mushrooms, clams, oysters and you should try his kelp soup.

By: Stella

Stella — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:28:21 +0000

“Despite being English” you say in reference to Howard’s palate. That’s too funny! Anyway, I like your blog a lot, and I’m not just saying that to be polite here on the interweb (as the old folks in my family say). I will be checking in from time to time. Oh, and I used to have a Shiba Inu named Pelay. I loved her so much-she was my first dog love. I didn’t even know I liked dogs till she came along. Now I love all of them b/c of her.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:22:41 +0000

Great to hear from you Heather! Lots of foraged foods coming — March is nettle month, so check back!

By: Heather Grant

Heather Grant — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:57:41 +0000

Nice site, Theresa! Looking forward to more… (I think you mentioned foraged foods somewhere. Are you going to do a column on Pender’s wild edibles?)