January 19

Today I was one of the lucky class members who got to show up at noon and eat the great lunch that had been prepared for us. I had no idea what to expect because we didn't know what dishes were being cooked. However, I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised! The dish I was probably the most skeptical about was the eggplant parmesan. As you might guess, it was because of the eggplant. As it turns out, the eggplant parmesan was delicious! I was delightfully surprised that you couldn't even taste the eggplant. The texture of the eggplant was kind of weird mixed with the fried part and the marinara sauce, but all of the flavors mixed really well. Another great dish was the four cheese lasagna. I am used to eating lasagna with meat in it, but this lasagna was so good, that I found myself not even missing the meat. The cheese buns were another favorite. They were so good, that I almost couldn't put them down. If I hadn't left when I did, I might have exploded because I couldn't get myself to stop eating the rolls. I was also skeptical about the fried goat cheese salad because we had had a sampling of goat cheese in a previous class, and I had not liked it. This time, I did like it, but it was not my favorite. It did make it better that the cheese was on a salad, but I found that the sourness of the goat cheese stood out too much and overpowered everything in the salad. Finally, there was the tiramisu. It was really good, but I think someone might have added a little too much rum. Don't get me wrong, it was still really good! However, we were supposed to concentrating on the blending of the different ingredients, and this was made much harder because there was so much rum that it overpowered everything else. Overall, this was a great meal, and I enjoyed all of it!