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I realized that it's been a while since I updated. Not that I have any great news, or anything big has happened. Far from it. Mostly, we've been kind of hanging around doing not much at all. Two weeks ago, Jess and I had the stomach bug, which kinda sucked. Then, on Thursday, I had a broken wisdom tooth taken out. The dentist had some trouble getting it out, so I've been pretty sore for the last few days, and I still look like goddamn chipmunk.

*nod*

Other than that, things have been pretty okay. I've been looking at local pastry schools, debating on whether or not it would be workable to go back to school. I love to cook, and I think I'd enjoy the classes, but the questions of course, come down to time and $$$. Who knows. In the meantime, I might take courses with some of the various adult ed places, just for fun.

Wow, I'm boring.

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I don't know where you're from so I can't give you specific recommendations, but I'd suggest checking out local community colleges. They often have short classes to teach you specific things (i.e. cake decorating, into pastry, stuff like that) or even community centres will sometimes offer courses. I know I sometimes teach a one evening class on chocolate at a local community centre.

Or if you have any culinary schools in your area you should check them out. Sometimes they'll offer one off classes (or classes that run for a couple of evenings) specifically designed for the interested novice.

Or even, if there's a particular bakery or pastry shop you really like, talk with the head pastry chef/baker and see if they're interested in teaching a class, or if they'll let you in the kitchen to observe/help for a couple evenings. You never know and it never hurts to ask. And the bonus is that they're usually connected to the local pastry/baking community and can often give you suggestions as to where you should be looking.

Kelly