Four Weeks In

Funny that I had all of my students set up their blogs and even do a few entries and here I am with nothing entered since last year.
I will try and be better about keeping up to date.
This week we are starting our staff lunches again. We are trying to branch out and serve other interested people as well. We have managed to gain Ambrosini school's faith and they are a big part of our Friday business. Now we are ready to find more people interested as well.
If you are in Fortuna on Friday's give us a call, we would be happy to add you to our list. I will start putting our weekly menu on this blog so that you can always check back to see what we will be offering.
This week we will be making a Thai soup called Tom Kha Gai which is made with coconut milk and chicken but what really sets it apart is the galangal root and kaffir lime leaves that the soup calls for. It is so good. We are also offering a vegetarian version with tofu instead of chicken.
Along with the soup, you will get a vegetable spring roll, a bottle of water and a coconut lime whoopie pie. The whoopie pie isn't exactly Thai but the flavors are. Every week for our desserts we take something familiar and try and give it a twist so that it can fit with our lunches. This week it is the whoopie pie's turn! Last year we did A LOT of cupcakes and have decided to take a break from those and work on a few different current trends. I think we will be focusing on individual pies and tarts, verrines, whoopie pies, and ice creams to name a few.
I should mention that our lunches can also always be purchased as a dinner and any of our desserts can be purchased separately as well so if any part of our lunches sound good, let us know!
With the money that we earn on Friday's and on other fund raisers throughout the year we will partially be paying for our trip to Chicago. This year we are going to try very hard to make it to the National Restaurant Association Food Show. It will be really great because we will get to see a whole different side to the food industry. There will be so many people there talking about what's new in the industry as well as celebrity chefs, mini classes, etc. Also while in Chicago, we will try and visit favorite local restaurants and bakeries, meet with industry professionals, tour some hotels and so on. Wish us luck!!

Don't forget to keep checking back to see what's happening in our class.