A New Year, (a-knew-ear).

Well, hello. Long time no see. Since I last wrote much has changed. I started and finished summer and fall quarters of school, graduated from culinary school and have had the opportunity to experience that strange post graduation “what am I doing??!?” thing. All in all, exciting and productive!

There is some fun news now that the new year has begun. As of mid February, I will be heading up the latest venture from the guys at Solo. Running the kitchen that’s to say. Basically, for graduation, I’m getting a newly renovated kitchen smack dab in the middle of Capitol Hill.

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Summer School: Show Platter!

For the first time in who knows how many years, I am in summer school. It has been a bit of change in comparison to the other quarters, but I’m finally starting to get the flow and am excited to see how the remainder of our five weeks turn out.

The big focus this quarter is our show platter. Think sassified terrines & pates ran through aspic, composed salads, all on mirrors. While we aren’t using mirrors this go around, we have been encouraged to push ourselves and think outside of the boxes we put ourselves in. I wonder if it’s possible to make these things light up?
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Well, Hello There Blog…

…I have been meaning to meet up with you for about a hundred years it seems. And now, here you are. I’m Joe (curtsey).

A lot is going on these days. I’ve gone from motion graphics designer to culinary school student. I just couldn’t deny how passionate I’ve become about food and the world that surrounds it. With starting my own little baking venture and the growing number of cookbooks in my small one bedroom apartment (more than one piece of furniture has been forced to the curb), I realized it was time to take the leap.
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Getting Ready for the New Site!

It has been months and months in the making, but we are very happy to announce that the new JoeRandazzo.com in finally finished! The work of amateurs is always slow, but creative…and you know what they say…better late than never!
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