Busy

I have been very busy this week.

On Wednesday, Linnae and I went to Rainbow grocery to explore the bulk section. Although a little overwhelmed, Linnae managed to get a lot of food.

Today, she also came to Millennium to help me at work. It was nice to have someone around. I face a wall all day, in a basement, in a corner.

She made carrot cake, and cheesecake filling and chocolate barley malt cookies. I was busy roasting carrots for a dried apricot and carrot compote, and infusing coconut milk with coffee and espresso powder for ice cream.

Besides all of that, on Mondays I have an apprentice from the Spark program. http://www.sparkprogram.org/

Kaila is 12 years old and wants to be a chef, so I am going to show her what it is like to work in a fancy restaurant. There is a graduation event in May, and we have to come up with a project to present. We decided it would be great to make a cookbook filled with healthy meals and snacks, and have tasty samples of food. On her first day, which was last Monday, she said she wanted to work in a restaurant because "it looks like everyone is having fun." It was nice to be reminded, despite the 9 hour chaos, that I am making desserts for a living. I get to eat ice cream whenever I want, and not only that, I get to make the flavors I want to eat. It's pretty awesome.

By the way, if you haven't already signed up for forageSF, you're missing out. I went to one underground farmers market and now I get all of these emails about other events going on in the city. They have free potluck dinners, mushroom foraging events, and they have a blog at http://foragesf.wordpress.com/ check it out.

Anyway, there's a lot going on right now. I'm still looking for a food photographer to take some pictures for my catering website. I'm officially a caterer, specializing in vegan, organic and local food. Sarah Smart Catering, eh I like my name.