http://www.flourofcarnage.com Musings and Rants of a Rogue Pastry Chef Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:51:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Where to begin? Well, it seems that we are well on our way to a grand adventure. All that is left now are the logistical preparations. boot straps? check. steely gaze of a lifelong wanderer? check. intrepid soul? check. We do have the necessities though, don't we? Anything that man or woman can face ... http://www.flourofcarnage.com/2008/02/05/posting-from-blog-on-the-way-back-090408/ The difference between a Chef and a Cook. Responsibility.Share This http://www.flourofcarnage.com/2008/02/04/the-difference/ I have found it more difficult to be Pastry Chef of a restaurant that has no customers rather than one with many.  I am going through the Grand Opening of a new restaurant that has yet to open its doors and I have am currently finding new empathetic tones in  ... http://www.flourofcarnage.com/2008/02/04/this-is-what-i-have-worked-for/ What does it take for a person to change? Does it take an event, a thought, an emotion? I ponder this as I am being convinced that I need to change. Change the person that I am because of my negative traits. I am at a ... http://www.flourofcarnage.com/2008/01/15/i-am-me-whats-more-isi-am-me/ The morning was ideal.  A 7am wake up and it is time to make the doughnuts...or in my case decorate the cakes for some side cash.  Maybe it was the glint of my pallete knife across the buttercream or maybe it was Living Colour' s "Cult of Personality" streaming in ... http://www.flourofcarnage.com/2007/09/03/sunday-morning/ I used to be unhappy with my life. I used to be MY CAREER. I used to be who I needed to be for others. I was stuck. I believed for a time that normalcy was just fine. I was jaded. I was almost...average. ... http://www.flourofcarnage.com/2007/08/27/i-used-to-benevermind-that-i-am-better/ Shindeita Asa ni Tomorai no Yuki ga furu Hagure inu no Touboe Geta no Otokishimu Iin na naomosa Mitsumete aruku Yami wo dakishimeru Janomeno kasa hitotsu Inochi no michi wo Yuku onna Namida wa tooni Sutemashita Furimuita Kawa ni Toozakaru Tabinohima Itteta tsuru wa Ugokasu Naita Ame to kaze Kieta mizu mo ni Hotsure ga miutsushi Namida sae misenai Janomeno kasa hitotsu Urami no michi wo Yuku onna Kokoro wa tooni Sutemashita Giri mo nasake mo Namida mo yume no Kinou mo ashita ... http://www.flourofcarnage.com/2007/08/10/hello-world/