Author: ayr

Restaurant Depot

I’ve come to understand that getting your Restaurant Depot card is like a rite of passage into the restaurant business. Restaurant Depot is like Costco

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Near East

6am, Brockton, Near East Bakery. We got the wrong bread the other day, so I’m trying again. I love factories, and you all know I

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First day

It’s on. Here’s a picture from our first day. That’s Mike behind me, a student of Rolando’s from Providence. He and a classmate took an

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Blue apron

The other day Rolando asked me what I would think of us wearing blue aprons. So here’s the deal: in the brigade system, the french

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Prepping for our first day

We don’t yet have the perfect recipe for falafel, but we’re getting close. These little chickpea fritters are getting so delicious. It’s sort of become

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Wheat protein sandwich

We’ve been experimenting with a BBQ wheat protein sandwich. This is an interesting one, something I’ve always enjoyed, but am not sure everyone will. Above

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Clover rainbow

It’s been a crazy last few days, well few weeks really. Everything is coming together perfectly, but sometimes it’s overwhelming how many parts there are

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Buying supplies

For the first day or two we thought it might make most sense to buy retail. Here’s Rolando pushing both our carts at Russo’s. Russo’s

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Ice cube

If you’ve been following this journey you won’t be surprised by this reference. Beautiful ice block from Brookline Coal and Ice (the place where we’re getting our

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