Table for One

- Eating well when you eat alone -

Hello!

And welcome! I'm Cynthia, a catering and personal chef, and baker from Missouri. I'm a graduate of L'Ecole Culinaire in St. Louis. I've worked for restaurants and caterers as cook, baker, server, and even dishwasher for a long time.

In the interest of full disclosure, if there is a link to a product or a company it is most surely an affiliate link and I would receive a very small commission from any purchases from that direct link.

I'll stop procrastinating tomorrow...

I have homework to do. I put it off all weekend and am almost out of time! It's due tomorrow. We didn't have school on Wednesday and this...

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I am so thankful for my family and friends and for the opportunity to go back to school and for wonderful classmates! I'm thankful that...

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7:00 is just too early to fabricate chickens! We are making chicken stock. More knife cuts, too. I will update this post with recipes in...

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Yesterday we started actually cooking at school! We made vegetable stock. We practiced knife cuts, too, (and mine were very good this...

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I have almost two weeks down. Only 88 to go! I found out that the Culinary Management degree takes 70 more weeks so I'm not sure if I...

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School is cool. I'm really enjoying it. I guess I'm better-rested today because I didn't feel like whining once! We started knife cuts so...

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I slept better last night. I started a little too late to feel great today but at least I slept! This morning I walked to 711 for coffee...

To nap or not to nap?

That is the question. I don't know what was wrong with me last night (maybe I was just excited or nervous about today) but I never did...

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Well, tomorrow is my first day at L'Ecole Culinaire and I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOO excited! We had Orientation last Thursday. It was three hours...

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I went to L'Ecole Culinaire this morning to figure out the details--how to pay and when to start. Looks like I'm all set for November 9....

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