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Chris

I'M IN ! ! !

Dear Chris –

Congratulations! I am very happy to confirm your acceptance to L’Academie de Cuisine’s Culinary Arts Program beginning September 22nd, 2008. You have made an important career decision and we believe that you possess the passion, motivation and commitment to succeed as a culinary professional. Since 1976 L’Academie de Cuisine has been the right choice for hundreds of students, and our graduates begin their culinary career confident that they have received the skills they need to work in any kitchen in the world.

All of us at L’Academie de Cuisine wish you great success as a student in our school and look forward to working with you soon. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or need additional information.

Sincerely,

Allyson Lara
Director of Admissions

Kelsye's Summer Vacation Part II

Coming to visit always involves meshing Kelsye's taste in food with ours. Kelsye brought her own cookbook this year and is trying out new recipes for things she can make at home and when she goes away to college. A couple of our evenings together involved Suzie & Kelsye making and decorating a chocolate cake with homemade buttercream frosting as well as making fresh lemon ravioli & broccoli rabe with dear old Dad.

Pictures of our fun...

Experiments in Sushi (Southwestern Dragon Rolls)

As the quest to discover new foods and how to make them continues, I have also been known to add my own unconventional twists. Discovering that making Sushi isn't all that hard, led to the next question of "How do you serve Sushi with Mexican food?" The answer is simple ... add roasted red pepper, jalapeno, Cream Cheese and Sazon!

Kelsye's Summer Vacation Part I

Well, Kelsye's Summer vacation is coming to an end. It always seems to go so quickly, but I find that the older I get, the quicker time seems to pass altogether. Kelsye is 16 and will be a Junior in High School this coming school year. Seems like yesterday that she was learning to crawl. Its amazing to see the changes from little girl to womanhood and they reflect in the activities we have experienced this year. It used to be the highlight of the Summer was heading to Kings Dominion, now its about exploring Georgetown and D.C. Suzie & Kelsye have really bonded and enjoy hanging out together. The visit also provided Suzie & Kelsye time to have breakfast together in Old Town a few mornings, as well as working together at the Clothing Ministry at our Church. I'm very proud of the young woman that Kelsye has become and look forward to a new phase in our Father - Daughter relationship as College is just on the horizon. Some pictures of first weekend together in Georgetown.

Final L'Academie de Cuisine Interview

Our future should be decided in the next week. I had my final interview at L'Academie this morning and then had to subject myself to a Career Aptitude Test (the ones with the little dots). The interview with Chef Patrice, the Head Instructor went well, and I got to sit in on the class that started July 1st first practical test. It was really interesting to see what is in store for me, but without the stress that I will be subjected to when I'm at the table wearing Chef Whites. Once the interview was conducted, I had lunch with the Admissions staff and then on to my Test. It was explained that this test was 1 hour long and consisted of three parts: Grammar, Reading Comprehension & Math. It made me feel good when the test proctor said it was a 10th grade assessment. Everything was going great with the grammar & reading right up until I had 20 minutes to answer 15 math questions of which half of them were multiplication & division of fractions. The worst part is they didn't even give me a calculator or even an Excel spreadsheet. I mean, who does fractions by hand anyway? One word: MODERNIZATION! Well as long as I'm smarter than a 10th grader, I was told that I will find out officially if I have been accepted into the Fall (Sept 22) Professional Culinary class. Keep your fingers crossed!

BRING BACK FAVRE!

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