So...it's been a while.

Hey.

It's definitely been a while. But lately, i've been meaning to write and inform but I just haven't. 

Busy? Lazy? All of the above? 

So I have decided to just write about the foods that I have had in the near past. 

Let's start with our trip to Florida.

Well, Michael and I went to Miami this past summer and we had a lot of Latin food and a lot of tasty food in general. First of all, let me just say that Angelina's in Miami has the best fro-yo (frozen yogurt) in the world! I didn't think I liked fro-yo because Red Mango is so terrible. But Angelina's was awesome! I had Raspberry Tart and Dulce de Leche... AMAZING! With some strawberries and coconut..O.M.G. If you ever go to Miami, definitely hit that place up. 

I also had fried plantains for the first time. They were so good! Tasted like fried bananas. I enjoy fried bananas a lot, and the plantains were just as good. 

I also had patacones and taqueno's. I don't remember what patacones had in it because I didn't like it too much. But those taqueno's. Those were tasty. They tasted like a pillsbury crescent roll stuffed with ooey-gooey cheesy goodness! My cousin got like, 50 taqueno's to-go for our sugo night which would be the night after. 

Another sweet treat was at Tasti-D-Lites. We were walking around checking out art galleries and stopped at this place for ice cream. They had like a bajillion flavors! 70 calories, 80 calories, or 90 calories. Or something like that. But I had the mint chocolate waffle cone -70 cal.- and it was darn tasty! I thought it would taste like some diet ice cream but it surely did not. It felt awesome to know that I was eating a huge ice cream cone and I wasn't going to feel like a fatass afterwards! 

Super awesome.

Now let me fill you in on my life recently. 

I got a new job and left Scrubway. I am currently working at Josef of Barbados. Very classy restaurant. Probably one of the classiest in Rockford (Keep the "Rockford sucks" comments to yourself). I am an apprentice to the chefs and I love it! I'm like a little chef. I've already learned how to make so many different things. I've learned how to make goat cheese souffle, quiche, fry some potatoes and plantain chips, sausage rolls, escargot, along with slicing and dicing whatever they throw my way and a slew of other stuff. 

My favorite thing that I have been learning is how to plate the desserts. 

They are so beautiful.

This is the first one I learned. 

Kind of proud of myself just because it isn't the easiest to remember.

 The Crispy Almond Tuille Brulee.
Compliments of Josef's facebook.

Some day I may even get to learn how to make the desserts with the pastry chef. Ever since, well, forever I've wanted to be a pastry chef. And the fact that I get to plate desserts and hang with the big dogs is kind of a big deal (to me). I am very very grateful that I got this job. I am actually happy when I walk into work. That is something I have never really known.

Along with a new job, I've moved out and moved up into a sweet apartment with Michael. Just livin' life and growin' up and stuff. 

New apartment = New kitchen. 

I've made a few things in the kitchen:

Steak sandwiches.

Italian beef.

Grilled up some fish.

Made a red velvet cake and didn't have any.

Grilled pork chops (my specialty).

My version (Gina's favorite) Teriyaki Chicken. 

That's just to name a few. 

I'm not sure what I want to make next but I'm thinking it might be Tiramisu. That is my favorite dessert of all time and I love trying it at different places. I've even had it in Italy and in England. 

It's just what I do. 

It's my favorite. 

It's creamy and has coffee in it and I've made it once before but that was a long time ago. I think it's time for me to try it out again. 

I think the best is at Franchesco's. I just had it a few nights ago. And it is truly the epitome of amazing. Just put a nice big smile on my face and on Michaels. 

Well, I think it's time for me to go to bed. 

Let me know if you have any ideas of what else I should make. 

I'd appreciate it!