"I love you today!"

I don't know what happened between yesterday and today, but Chef said, "Today, I can go home smiling!"

He gave Andrea (and the rest of the class) his own special biscotti recipe, and when she told him that she hadn't added his recommended fennel seeds ("I took a poll," she said), he just smiled and said, "Hey, you are the boss." He also said, "I need two dozen of those to take home with me for my breakfast."



Tashana and I made two sauces and polenta and I can see why that stuff is comfort food. As good as mashed potatoes, practically. Ours was creamy with parmesan cheese and butter, but it would have been much better with homemade chicken stock instead of the canned Swanson's. We had a mushroom cream sauce and a sausage/bell pepper sauce.


The polenta was also delicious with the short ribs braised in wine that Alex made.



We had three kinds of pizza, with a nice flat crisp crust, and chicken saltimbocca, and minestrone...

A couple of people asked for (and received) extra time to work on their reports which were due today. But the rest of the class erupted in protest so we all got an extra credit point for turning it in on time.

So some successes. And it's Friday. What more could a girl want?