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There is a lot more homework to pastry school than I was expecting. I’m in the Intensive program, which condenses a months-long program down into 6 very…
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July 2022

Lots of Days It's Both!
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I knew that pastry school was going to be hard. I want pastry school to be hard! If I knew how to do all of this stuff already, I’d have saved my Euros…
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or, The Opposite Of Being Burnt-Out Is Being Unbelievably Corny
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The training wheels are off at pastry school. While Week One felt intense, with most of Week Two behind us (and a nice day off to celebrate Bastille…
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In the Before Times, Monday mornings were my main conference call day (every day was a conference call day, of course, but Monday’s conference calls…
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The most prominent historic landmark in the neighborhood where I’m staying in Paris (which is great, by the way, you should all visit) in the Tour…
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A Story About Trying Something New
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