Third Week Spring Pathways

January 31st, 2014 -
At Copita, the Mexican restaurant in Sausalito, I'm starting to get the hang of knowing the dishes and what garnishes are supposed to be plated. I'm also learning a variety of sauces; salsa rustica, crema, chipotle crema, pumpkin-seed mole and more. Copita is different compared to working at Jackson Café in San Rafael because Copita has Mexican Cuisine and Jackson Café has California Cuisine. California Cuisine is a style of cuisine marked by an interest in fusion cuisine (integrating disparate cooking styles and ingredients) and in the use of freshly prepared local ingredients. Besides delicious ingredients, presentation is critical at Copita and I have to learn the whole menu except for Ceviches and drinks.

Next Tuesday, February 4, we have our first test in Spanish 101 and I am a bit nervous, but I think I can succeed because I've been constantly going over my work I have done in class. I recently learned how to tell time and ask simple questions. Mostly we go over the stuff he taught us from the beginning.

Second Week Spring Pathways

January 24, 2014 -
This week I started my internship at Copita Tequileria y Comida in Sausalito. It is a high end seasonal Mexican Restaurant and they serve lunch and dinner daily. They also have a tequila bar. The restaurant was created by Joanne Weir and Larry Mindel. Joanne is a celebrity chef with her own television show and numerous cookbooks. Larry is an experienced restauranteur and his restaurant background includes Poggio and Il Fornaio. The executive chef who I work with is Chef Gonzalo Rivera. I am working as a line cook under his guidance.

As a line cook, my duties are to plate dishes and make the desserts like churros and buñuelos. I also deep fry the oyster tacos and I make the papas bravas. I also do the prep work like making some of the sauces and it's going great for me.

In Spanish, I am learning about the alphabet, numbers 1-30 and about words being masculine singular, masculine plural, feminine singular and feminine plural.

First Week Spring Pathways

January 17th, 2013 -
So this week I have started attending College of Marin and I am currently taking Spanish 101 with Martinisi and I feel like I'm going to learn a lot about Spanish that I never knew about. I'm really excited because I'm going to be learning how to speak Spanish because I have always wanted to learn Spanish since I was little. My family are Mexican American, as well as me, and I would love to understand the other side of my family when they speak it.