Garde Manger

Up until classes start (as well as into the first week, I suppose) THE question is, "Hey what classes are you taking?" My answer? Garde Manger. To which most people respond, "What in the heck is Garde Manger?" Literally translated, Garde Manger means "keeping food fit to eat". Way back when royalty and wealthy people started hiring people to cook for them, all the food that was left over from previous meals was given to the Garde Manger chef to figure out what to do with. So Garde Manger became traditionally associated with things like salads, sandwiches, crudites, hors d'ouvers, etc.

I've enjoyed my class a lot so far. Being that we are only a week into the block, we've worked mostly on salads, salad dressings, sandwiches, fruit platters, and crudites (vegetable platters). But just look at all of the pretty stuff we've created!

"Kolleen's" crudite platter

My sandwich! It has turkey, lettuce, tomato, swiss cheese, paprika and cilantro mayonnaise, avocado, bacon, and a fried egg on grilled wheat bread. It was super delicious...sadly I didn't think about taking a picture until after I had taken a huge bite. So it's less aesthetically pleasing now. :(

Kolleen and Shelby....totally cheese-ballin it

My orange peel rose