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Sorry, I Can't, I Have To Learn About Flour
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…
John Hagner
Aug 2, 2022
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Sorry, I Can't, I Have To Learn About Flour
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July 2022
Some Days It's Blood, Some Days It's Chocolate
Lots of Days It's Both!
John Hagner
Jul 28, 2022
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Some Days It's Blood, Some Days It's Chocolate
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The Downside About Trying Something New Is That Sometimes It's Hard
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…
John Hagner
Jul 22, 2022
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Croissant Day!
or, The Opposite Of Being Burnt-Out Is Being Unbelievably Corny
John Hagner
Jul 19, 2022
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Croissant Day!
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If You Can't Be The Best, Be The Fastest
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…
John Hagner
Jul 15, 2022
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A Different Sort of Monday
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…
John Hagner
Jul 11, 2022
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Jean-sans-Peur
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…
John Hagner
Jul 6, 2022
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Cordon Bleu State
A Story About Trying Something New
John Hagner
Jul 3, 2022
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