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Posted January 6, 2011 11:00 AM

Cooking with Italian Style Between Recipes

AKA Laura's Day Off Solo Cooking Blog

Ciao!
I have decided to refocus my blog towards what I cook, how, and why between my professional cooking days. I am renaming my blog "Laura's Day Off Blog".

Chef's hate to waste food. It's an easy thing to do though, especially with a business, like mine, with a concept that is based on changing menus, recipes, and clientele. My staff and I prepare 3 full days worth of food in one day. So - after delivery - we do a mandatory assessment of leftover ingredients. I take it all home. This is what we eat at home and is the basis for a lot of my recipe development.

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