It’s a big meal, full or recipes that we only make one time of year.
There’s pressure to have it all taste good (obviously) and to have it all warm and on the table at the same time.
Somehow, we all manage to pull it off and live to tell about it year after year.
But have you ever stopped to think about what it’s like at the restaurant your chef/husband or significant other is working at?
Sure they tell us how insane it is and we see them physically exhausted before and after. But have you ever seen what the back of the restaurant looks like the days leading up to Thanksgiving?
It’s like nothing I could have ever imagined!
My husband’s restaurant will be serving 1,000 guests on Thanksgiving.
1,000!
I can’t even being to fathom how you would do that.
Let’s look for a minute at what prepping Thanksgiving looks like in a restaurant . .. no fancy photography, just snapshots with my chef/husband’s phone. I’ll only share a few since you probably don’t care about seeing all 15 of them. (more…)
As we get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving this week here in the United States, I have been reflecting on all the things I have to be thankful for. While I could write for hours about this, I thought I’d just share today why I’m thankful for my chef/husband of 19 years.
I am thankful for my chef/husband because . . .
. . . he cooks well. Just getting the obvious out of the way here. But really, I am thankful for this. If he didn’t cook well, who would cook my 5 course dinner every night. Haha!
. . . he provides for us financially. There are many days he gets up, more exhausted than he went to bed. Yet he gets up with a good attitude, and heads off to work to provide for us.
. . . of his strong work ethic. Every day he sets an example for the girls and I and all those around him at work by showing what it means to work hard and always try your best.
. . . he is wise (not to be confused with being smart – which he is as well.) My chef/husband is able to look at a situation and have wisdom in it. He is able to leave emotion out of it and truly give good advice and make good decisions based on his past experience and just good common sense. I truly value what he has to say and have been amazed by his wisdom many times this past year as we talk and make decisions together.
. . . he is a good listener. He is always willing to let me talk, even when I ramble on and on about our day.
. . . he is level headed. He is able to stay calm and rational when things get crazy.
. . . he is artistic. Not only has this helped him in his career as a chef, but our house looks nice because he’s able to decorate well. (I am not artistic at all.)
. . . he is a wonderful father. The love and compassion he shows our children is amazing. I love watching them together.
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It’s not often we make it into the restaurant where my husband works. It’s over an hour in the car (and our kids are horrible car riders) and there’s the fear of them being disruptive in a quiet, fine dining restaurant or yelling, “Daddy,” when they see him.
The girls ask to eat there all time time, especially on his days off. But what chef wants to go eat at his work (and make that long commute again) on his day off?
I just love to watch him teach. I love that when he talks to groups, he just teaches a technique or method of how to do something and then talks about all the ways you can adapt it for the different seasons. (more…)
Apparently in the United States we need 2 days each year to celebrate the doughnut. One must not be enough. Thank goodness some people are spelling it different for each of the days so we can keep them straight. Today is doughnut day but the one earlier in the year is donut day, just in case you were wondering. (Who knows if this is actually true . . . the internet resources on this are sketchy. Good thing it doesn’t really matter!!)
So today, in case no one has said it to you yet, “Happy National Doughnut Day.”
I’m sure your day is complete now that you know that!
Since our life revolves around food as the family of a chef, I have all the food “holidays” on my calendar. Tomorrow is Nacho Day and Friday is Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day, in case you were wondering. (Some are obviously more fun to celebrate than others.)(more…)
As we get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving this week here in the United States, I have been reflecting on all the things I have to be thankful for. While I could write for hours about this, I thought I’d just share today why I’m thankful for my chef/husband of 19 years.
