Monday: menu development day - i and my teammate had to produce 2 appetizers, and 1 entree...i think. or was it 3 appetizers? anyhoo, this is deep fried duo of tempeh (fermented soy beans) and tofu with a chili mayonnaise (which i made), with a pickled salad of cucumber and red onion.

Quail bun with lotus chips
Salmon and lentil wrap on a pea shoot salad and squash/cucumber garnish
Tuesday was Sous vide (soo-veed) day. Sous vide is a cooking technique that cooks food in vacuum sealed foodsafe plastic bags in a water bath that is kept at a certain, constant temperature (uses a machine). this seals in all the nutrients and juices and such things, and works well for some things, but not so well for others, like some meats, where the texture can be a bit weird (i've heard). These are chard stems preparing to be sous-vided.
Rabbit Liver-Kidney Salad (delicious when one does not eat the livers or kidneys)
Stuffed Saddle of Rabbit w/ Creamy Polenta and chard & chard stems and carrots. the rabbit is stuffed with almonds and prunes.
Wednesday: the class was split into two groups, one helped prep for a catering that happened on Thursday (they also went to the catering on Thursday), and the other (mine) did 2 days of pastry! We started with Millet & Pumpkin seeds muffins (yum!), peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies (not pictured, phil ate them too fast), and bluberry-lemon-basil scones.
Thursday: Ginger-Star Anise Creme Brulee, which i enjoyed at first, and then felt slightly sick cuz we ate a lot of sweet things that day.
Genoise cake with German Butter Cream, Tuille and orange-almon lace cookies and my attempt at chocolate writing:P i didn't really think about placement before i started with the 'happy'. in case you are wondering, it says happy thursday.
Friday: Latin Day: The chefs told us how much we could eat of everything so we wouldn't be sick by the end of the day. it was really hard not to eat a lot of everything!

EGG TACOS!!! i loved these so much, i'm making them for supper today :)
Chicken Empanadas, Double-fried Plantains w/ Pineapple Salsa
Vegetarian Tamales w/ Mole Sauce
Mate Smoked Trout Escabeche, Steak w/ Chimichurri Sauce, and New World Quinoa Salad

We were going to go see the new Harry Potter movie friday night, but i failed to exchange my free passes for actual tickets, and it was sold out :( So instead we set up the new tree, lights and ornaments that phil surprised me with! He's such a sweetheart :)

Then Saturday we woke up to this!!! it was really beautiful. and i even drove to my catering observation on my bike! it was fun :D (the bike ride and the catering) I really enjoyed the people and the cool things i got to make and assemble at the observation. They even let me make crepes, 6 pans at a time! and i did well! i'm really proud of myself :)