This week at school was business week.  We had many guest speakers with a variety of backgrounds come and share insight on what they do and their journey in getting there.  We had bankers come to teach us about small-business lending and how to start on a business plan.  We had a presentation on personal […]

Well Hello Y’all, The weather here in Texas can’t decide if it’s still the height of summer (mid-90s) or fall (56 degrees one evening!!!).  I guess that is coming from a Idaho/Utah perspective though.  It’s exciting to have a few crisp evenings and mornings and the leaves have started to fall.  Pumpkins can be found […]

Week 2 of Ayurveda! This module is a bit intense and fast-paced.  So many spices and new ingredients but also some really yummy recipes! I am liking the teachings of Ayurveda more than I initially thought I would.  At first it felt like we would have to practically be learning a new language but I’m […]

Hello Again, It feels like it’s been so long since I’ve written here even though we just had the one week off between Quarter 1 and Quarter 2.  It was lovely to have a little break and Grandma and Papa Plate (on my side) were able to visit and play with Little Plate for a […]

Happy Friday! This is officially the day we are finished with Quarter 1 at the Natural Epicurean!  Time is going by too fast.  We have a week break and then we will be the Seniors at the school!  It is exciting as Quarter 2 brings some exciting modalities including 3 weeks of Ayurveda, 3 weeks […]

Instead of “live well”, the French say “Eat well:” Mangez bien One of the reasons I wanted to attend the Professional Chef Program at the Natural Epicurean was to learn how to live well through eating well.  I feel strongly that how we fuel our bodies has a real impact in the other areas of our […]

From Wikipedia: The OWL (Ordinary Wizarding Level) exams are taken at the end of a student’s fifth year at Hogwarts. OWLs are offered in most subjects a student takes in their first five years, and many consist of both written (theory) and practical tests. Courses in which OWLS are offered are Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, History […]

I mentioned in my weekly update that I missed a day to stay home with Little Plate who was feeling something awful. To make up our Baking lab that day I made some of the Flat Bread Recipes at home.  We decided to make crackers since we have a little mouse in the house 🙂 […]

A few weeks ago I was feeling Minced. . . this week at the Plate Household we feel a bit Baked… Poor Little Plate started to get a cold at the beginning of this week.  She mostly just had some congestion but then Tuesday in the night she started to get a pretty high-grade fever […]

We’re Baking Every Morning! Stormy weather almost always puts me in a baking mood so the weather this week was perfect!  It has been overcast and/or raining every day down here in Texas. When I say raining, I mean it had REALLY been raining hard!  We have had a week of flash flood weather warnings […]