Blog #7 independent component 1 approval.
(I) I'm going to assist cooking with mom and grandma looking into Mexican recipes and looking into how and if theres an american cousin to it, in which case I'll note on what the diffrences are. I will also study the style of cooking from the american chefs through means of research and cooking shows, this will help me understand how it differs from the regional mexican food and american-mexican food.
(II) Working with my mom and grandma isn't going to be counted as hours but I will document notes and points of intrest in the creation of the dish. What will be documented are the hours and activities done over at the ROP I attend over at the pomona village.
(III) I will experience the creation of a mexican dishes and be able to distinguish the two styles because of the nature of the project it requires more of a hands on approach this way the cooking of it will be more understood by going through the process of creating a dish. I will take a photo of the final product to show what I've assisted in creating.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Blog #2 Going mexican
This originally started as an endevor to be a few diffrent things but right now I think were just interested in the mexican food ... It started with me wanting to go into being a comfort food cook because of how nice it was to relax people through food in an experience through four senses. Then I had to specify what "comfort food" to go into from there my project evolved into being a mexican food cook so that I do the same thing because read a few things and as it turns out as long as that food item (can even be gum! ) is linked to a great experience that food becomes a comfort food. So... I decided because my mom and nana cook mexican food in a mexican style It looks fun and almost always has crowds of people around their dishes (you know except when it's just me and either nana or mom) so I decided to go into mexican cuisine.
Blog #3 Interview Preparation -(prep for interview 1).
Blog#3 Interview Preparation
I'm going to interview Mr. H he's the guy that helped me get into the ROP classes that I'm currently taking he seemes to know alot in the subject of resturant management so I might be able to get some information from him, That and this would be an ok start for a first interveiw, and if I don't well He might be able to help direct me to a better source of information.
Questions:
1.I'm studing mexican food what can you tell me about it?
2.From your point of veiw what could I study that would be sigificant to others?
3.Who else would you reccomend I talk to?
4.Are there any places or activities that I could go to to learn more about my subject?
5.do you know of any books or other resources that I can look into that would help me?
Interview Rnd. 2
1.What lead you to work at ROP?
2.How's your experience been so far?
3.What experiences and training did you have prior to working at ROP?
4.what did you do prior to your current occuopation?
5.What has changed in the restaurant industry since you started working at ROP.
6. What professional goals have you completed, can you explain?
7.what professional goals do you still wish to complete?
2.How's your experience been so far?
3.What experiences and training did you have prior to working at ROP?
4.what did you do prior to your current occuopation?
5.What has changed in the restaurant industry since you started working at ROP.
6. What professional goals have you completed, can you explain?
7.what professional goals do you still wish to complete?
Blog #4 Project Reflection and Working EQ
Blog #4 Project Reflection and Working EQ
(1) I have found a few more people who I can talk top in the ROP classes it is nice to be able to cook every once in a while in the other class I work in with another mentor who I work with for an hour.
(2)the research that has finnally changed my subject to the mexican food was the article "The phsycology behind comfort food. " It showed me that as long as someone has a good feeling with the food or smell the body will have the relaxing stimulant released into the body.
(3)helping me so far is the teacher help, the ROP, and the research in the subject of what I'm doing.
(4) has'nt worked? every thing is working nicely sofar just, I need to be a little more active in the internet.
(5)Q's? What could I do to get a even better understanding on what the root of meican cooking is.
to what other aspects can mexican food apply to when looked at or approached in other ways.
My end goal is to be able to understand mexican food and see how I can share the experience of mexican cooking with everyone else.
I'm not experienced enough in my subject as it is so I woulden't know specifics as to what to answer to this part, I would like to speak with a true mexican cook who knows the older ways of mexican cooking though.
Blog# 5A Problem Statement (the problem with my project).
Blog# 5A Problem Statement
Problem : Iread up somewhere that said that people who eat "mexican cuisine " are actually eating an american translation of the dish therefore not really gaining the true mexican experience. That is my problem
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
My journey begins, Part 1 mentorship
Blog#1
first step in a journey Mentorship....
how My journy started,
Let's see it all started when I was condemned to summer school I had to complete a geometry course and a English course at options for youth where my instructor Cristine graded my work and such. Of course my parents being real estate agents also had things to do so I was busy helping take care of lil' sis in the car while dad stressed out about a house that would seemingly fall apart every time we visited. Like when we showed the first time it was OK the house had minor things to worry about, things that could be managed like a few switches that wouldn't do much or a hole in the ceiling for a light bulb of some sort small things. then we come the next time and the house had places where things were quite literally falling off hinges doors put on upside down or a cabinet with it's screws not touching anything, well you get the point we visited quite a bit. Now just because I had that going on take that I had been ready to take that as an excuse well no. I first was going to be a cellist but I tried like five different music instructors (trinity music and a few others I forgot to write down most near my house some a little further.) and they all wanted a minimum of at least 50 to 70 $ an hour it seemed cheap but mom and dad calculated expenses and found we wouldn't be able to pay some of our utilities if we were to do such a thing. So music lessons were not an option then we had the wonderful idea of a man by the name of J. Brown a instrument creator whom sells,repairs, and creates instruments from his store which just so happens to also be named J. brown in Clarmont was offering lessons in the art of creating instruments over the summer. Unfortunately it was too good to be true I was sixteen at the time of offering so I was but two years too young to be covered by his insurance so I had to trash the Idea. giving up on the music idea completely I decided that culinary arts were starting up so that I might want to try cooking classes. I was also helped by our family friend who offered a friend of hers who had another line of work serving people in need in places like India. I kept that just in case I wanted to try it out another time so there was some thickheadedness on my part. being at summer school I thought I was set on the culinary arts course they had there until it occurred to me (With help from Eddie Silva councilor) that it might not be acceptable because of the fact I might not have enough time to complete the course and how would I calculate hours if in fact the course did work out. So that idea of taking cooking courses at OFY were flung aside...Now left with no other option I have to see what I can do during the school year.
now the next question is the ten hours I belive the ten hours would be to get our "feet wet" so as to get set in that profession in case it isn't something we're set upon. so if we were to find a job The india thing for me if I were to actually take some classes from the woman over skype and i realised that the images were to gastly for me to see I would know that it wasn't for me or it would push me to try and help there fore the ten hours would be helpful it would be sort of like a job discriptiion after the job description.
Now the plan for finding the mentor ship now is to look to see if there are any ROP courses, or mentorship in any subject including cooking(might try a few resturants or try the Cooking ROP classes),cello classes(might try an old freind in the performance buissness) or music composition(might try an music teacher's freind.).
first step in a journey Mentorship....
how My journy started,
Let's see it all started when I was condemned to summer school I had to complete a geometry course and a English course at options for youth where my instructor Cristine graded my work and such. Of course my parents being real estate agents also had things to do so I was busy helping take care of lil' sis in the car while dad stressed out about a house that would seemingly fall apart every time we visited. Like when we showed the first time it was OK the house had minor things to worry about, things that could be managed like a few switches that wouldn't do much or a hole in the ceiling for a light bulb of some sort small things. then we come the next time and the house had places where things were quite literally falling off hinges doors put on upside down or a cabinet with it's screws not touching anything, well you get the point we visited quite a bit. Now just because I had that going on take that I had been ready to take that as an excuse well no. I first was going to be a cellist but I tried like five different music instructors (trinity music and a few others I forgot to write down most near my house some a little further.) and they all wanted a minimum of at least 50 to 70 $ an hour it seemed cheap but mom and dad calculated expenses and found we wouldn't be able to pay some of our utilities if we were to do such a thing. So music lessons were not an option then we had the wonderful idea of a man by the name of J. Brown a instrument creator whom sells,repairs, and creates instruments from his store which just so happens to also be named J. brown in Clarmont was offering lessons in the art of creating instruments over the summer. Unfortunately it was too good to be true I was sixteen at the time of offering so I was but two years too young to be covered by his insurance so I had to trash the Idea. giving up on the music idea completely I decided that culinary arts were starting up so that I might want to try cooking classes. I was also helped by our family friend who offered a friend of hers who had another line of work serving people in need in places like India. I kept that just in case I wanted to try it out another time so there was some thickheadedness on my part. being at summer school I thought I was set on the culinary arts course they had there until it occurred to me (With help from Eddie Silva councilor) that it might not be acceptable because of the fact I might not have enough time to complete the course and how would I calculate hours if in fact the course did work out. So that idea of taking cooking courses at OFY were flung aside...Now left with no other option I have to see what I can do during the school year.
now the next question is the ten hours I belive the ten hours would be to get our "feet wet" so as to get set in that profession in case it isn't something we're set upon. so if we were to find a job The india thing for me if I were to actually take some classes from the woman over skype and i realised that the images were to gastly for me to see I would know that it wasn't for me or it would push me to try and help there fore the ten hours would be helpful it would be sort of like a job discriptiion after the job description.
Now the plan for finding the mentor ship now is to look to see if there are any ROP courses, or mentorship in any subject including cooking(might try a few resturants or try the Cooking ROP classes),cello classes(might try an old freind in the performance buissness) or music composition(might try an music teacher's freind.).
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