People sometimes ask me why I chose to attend a 2 year Culinary Arts Program. WELL one day while perusing university brochures I realized that there are four woman I wanted to be when I grew up.
1. Sookie St.James (Gilmore Girls)- I always loved how spunky she was and the fact that she falls down a lot made her character a reachable goal for me.
2. Piper Halliwell (Charmed)- The second sister in the Halliwell family and the only sister on that show who I felt had their crap together most of the time. She was always a grounded individual and I always admired her for it.
3. Monica Geller (Friends)- Out of the 6 characters America grew to love from this show, I always understood Monica. Though I'm not a clean freak by any standard, I felt a sort of kinship towards her character. I too have obsessed over being the perfect hostess and I too have a tendency to over complicate parties.
4. The last being my mother, a deli manager at a grocery store. My mom always says she has the best job in the world because she gets to work with food and folks. I always knew no matter what I did my mom would support me.
So I realized the common denominator was a love of food. While searching for my raison d'etre I figured WHY NOT?? Why not attend culinary school? What is the worst thing that could happen? I could have failed I suppose, but even if I had failed (though I did not and now have a certificate and diploma on my wall) I would have at least learned something I could take away with me. Finally after little thought to the long term ramifications, I sent in my application.
I loved my time there and will refer to it often. And if I grow to be some mixture of these women, I will consider my life a success :)
