Young & Hungry

Goodbye corporate life and ciao culinary school!  Parting is such sweet sorrow, but the menu of opportunities presented by my current line of work needs a serious makeover.  How does one go about a menu makeover?  While I’m hoping that is something I’ll soon learn, I’d imagine you can either hire an entirely new chef or you can put in extra hours of experimentation, education, and dedication.  I, being stuck with myself, have opted for the latter and will be trading in my stiletto heels and sultry skirts for an apron and scrubs in exactly one month’s time.  Come July, you can find me, my appetite, and I at the Italian Culinary Academy (sister of the French Culinary Institute) in New York City.  Fall will see me soaking up the “sauce” from my ancestors in Parma, Italy and come winter I hope to head South (Puglia perhaps), spending the majority of my time in a warm kitchen, and putting my new skills to good use. 

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Once upon a 1982, two dark-haired babies were born on opposing sides of the East coast, Christine Cochran in Clearwater, Florida, and Katy Purwin in Rochester, New York. Little could they comprehend at that time that their paths would soon cross as both relocated with their respective families, taking root in suburban Alpharetta, GA. Fast friends in high school, Christine taught Katy about the art of fashion while Katy showed Christine the perfect mascara technique, and both came together with a singular love: that of food.

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