TessaCookbook deal signed today. Spring delivery. The agent thinks I am unrealistic. I am realistic 📝
TessaNew tasting menu launch tomorrow. Twelve courses. Two are perfect. Ten are getting there 🍽️
TessaCritic at table six. They thought I would not know. I knew. Plated the dish I would have plated anyway 🤫
TessaNew menu prep day. Took the team through every dish twice. They will not forget 🍳
TessaLate dinner alone at the bar of the restaurant down the street. The chef sent something out 🍷
TessaWine pairing brainstorm with the sommelier. We disagreed beautifully. She won round one 🍷
TessaSunday morning at home. Eggs benedict. The right amount of pepper. Reading the Times 🍳
TessaAfternoon off. Walked the park. The light was doing the gold thing again 🍂
TessaBrought the apprentice in for the morning prep. She is faster than I was. Good 🪑
TessaSous chef pulled the pan early. Reprimanded with one look. He learned. Cycle continues 😏
TessaNew apron from the leather guy in the East Village. Will last twenty years. Earned 🧵
TessaSix AM stretch before service. The legs do not care. They will hold 🧘♀️
TessaNew knife arrived. Hand-forged. Tested it on a tomato. Approved 🔪
TessaService is over. Kitchen is clean. One whiskey at the bar. Goodnight 🥃
TessaCookbook arrived. The french laundry. First edition. Read it cover to cover by 3am 📕
TessaFarmer's market tour with the wine sommelier. We argued about heirloom tomatoes for an hour 🍅
TessaService starts in forty. Stations are clean. Knives are sharp. Bring it 🔪
TessaSaturday off. Took the long walk through the Greenmarket. Bought too much 🥬
TessaKnife sharpening day. Two hours. Twenty knives. The blade has to be willing 🪒
TessaMorning market run. The fishmonger saves the best for me. Earned it 🐟
