My First Blog

March 31, 2011

My first blog. What the hell am I doing?

Last night was the season finale of "Top Chef" on Bravo. My youngest son, age 13, and I have been watching the show together because I am a Chef. (I haven't worked in 7 months, but that is another blog).

He said, "Mom you could be on this show." Yes I could, I answered. I would be on the "Top Chef-Seniors" show. That remark flew out of my mouth because I had turned 50 last month. The last couple of shows were done in Nassau, Bahamas. Our family has spent alot of time in the Bahamas, especially the island of Grand Bahama, Freeport to be exact. The main ingredient the chefs had to focus on in one show was Conch. The contestests had to snorkle for the conch, break it out of the shell, and finally cook it. My son was like "Mom, you would smoke them here."

What I guess I am leading up to is I know how to get conch out of the shell, but there is no paying jobs for that skill in Dayton, Ohio. I told my son that I am getting itchy to do some kind of work. However, I don't want to work as a Chef in a restaurant, university, or catering. Kind of narrows the field for someone with my skill, huh?

I told my husband this morning what I said last night to my son. I then said maybe I'll write. How frickin' scary is that?

So here I am.

I look forward to writing this. I think you will find that I have lived the Top Chef life. 200K is not worth it. You can't open a restaurant in Dayton, Ohio for that amount. I may have a very jaded view of the life we see on these channels. Some of the food these people cook are outstanding. Some of the dishes really inspire me. I don't have a budget of $1800 to go to Whole Foods, the closest one is in Columbus. I make a standard list of items that are staples in my kitchen. From there, I deviate. So please, bear with me.