Jan 14, 2004

This morning I woke up early to see my uncle at his dental office. I have a dry socket as a result of a wisdom teeth extraction two weeks ago. For the last couple of weeks I have been in quite a bit of pain...but the recovery is going nicely. After my appointment I made it to the T without getting lost!

Today I worked with Julia. We made 9 different batches of chicken and pasta. I bumped into Christopher Kimball in the hallway. He is taller than I expected and we didn't exchange words. I was waiting in the hall to be let into the kitchen, as usual, because I don't have a pass key.

Someone made salmon today and was throwing it out because the grilling wasn't perfect. I rescued half of it before it hit the trash and we had it for dinner. It was fabulous! I am staying with an incredibly generous family, the Jorgenson's, who have lent me a room to stay in for my entire six week internship.

America's Test Kitchen was in the Boston Globe today. It was pretty cool to read about the test kitchen that I have been working in. My life is starting to settle into a pattern. I am adjusting to the internship fairly well. I think I was so excited about it I had inflated it's possibilities, but now am grasping exactly what Cook's Illustrated is and does. It is too early to see if I think I would be a good addition or if I would enjoy working here in the future. Most of the women are in management positions and they are fairly uptight. The guys do most of the testing and are extremely jovial and good natured.

Overall though I am most impressed with the women. They rule the roost but are extremely fair and even tempered.