I have never liked the grams vs ounces thing anyway.
I think you will be just fine Ms. M. How awesome that you are following a dream.
When we lived in Northern CA, I took classes from the California Culinary Academy both in SF and Napa Valley. It was so much fun!
One of their cookbooks is still available at
http://www.hamiltonbook.com/cooking-at-the-academy
It is a gem, published in 1991. I so loved to cook from this book.
People still tell me how much they loved the Bouquet salad with herbed cheese custard timbales. The presentation was just fabulous. Food is always visual!
Thank you for kind thoughts!
I think we will concentrate on how many Tomato Surprises do you make for 1,000 people. Considering I barely passed high school algebra, I’m nervous.
The dept. seems heavily invested in catering careers. I’m not necessarily hoping to get a job out of this - just want to do it. I’m looking around for secondhand textbooks - the one I have to buy is absurdly priced at $200! I mean, the kids who go to culinary school are not rich kids. Well, they go the CIA, maybe and your great school in California. (I love vocational schools. I used to attend a working-class art school and loved the kids.)