May 31, 2025

Saturday

Mise en Place

We've got a busy day today. We've got a pick up at the CSA farm this morning. After that, I hope to finish moving the mulch pile from the driveway, and then we've got a cooking class tonight. And I really need to get something going on the pool — summer temps are coming soon!

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Back from the farm, so it's time to get to work on moving this pile of mulch!

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Made some good progress on the mulch, but there's plenty left. I'd say 20-25% of the original pile remains. Should have the driveway cleared by next weekend.

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Renee and I had a cooking class tonight at a local non-profit that trains ex-prisoners as they work to re-enter the workforce. We won the experience at the boys' school auction earlier in the year, and went with a group of friends. The head chef was an amazing teacher and a real dynamo in the kitchen, with seeemingly unending energy. We made a four course meal from scratch, complete with pasta with a tomato vodka sauce over a ricotta cheese blend (with several other cheeses I can't remember), shrimp scampi, foccacia bread with cheese and arugula topping, and an amazing lemon cake desert with whipped cream. Everything was delicious

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We learned how to make pasta from scratch. Here, Renee is collecting noodles after running a dried sheet through the cutter. We hade made and rolled the sheets earlier, letting them dry on racks for about 30 minutes before cutting them into noodles.

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The foccacia bread was absolutely amazing, topped with prosciutto, arugula, and several cheeses.

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I learned the meaning of "mise en place" during our cooking class tonight. The French phrase translates roughly to "everything in its place." The kitchen was a bit hectic at times, which underscored the benefit of preparation to me. I think "mise en place" can and should be applied to a lot of things, well beyond cooking.

(Toledo, Ohio)
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