Ah the twists and turns that life throws at you. When I posted last I was extremely excited and optimistic about relocating and starting a new job in a new town. What I walked into was not quite what I expected. The property was really nowhere near being ready to open and there was not a lot that I could do since I don't have a background in construction or anything of the sort. With that in mind I did what I could to help out. I worked on assembling various shelves for use in the kitchen, cleaned the hoods which were quite frankly atrocious and started on building an order guide so we could hit the ground running. While that was taking place I did some cooking for the owners of various specials that I had proposed. All seemed to be going well when one weekend after cooking for a small get together for their friends I was informed that things were not working out and I was let go.
Scrambling for options I called my former employer and he promptly put me back on the schedule. Whew.
So now I find my self back in Chama. I have decided that I'm not going to look around again for a while. I"m making a commitment to my current restaurant and to this sleepy mountain town. Since I do like cooking a variety of dishes I am going to look into the various catering possibilities in this area as well. Since I've been back I've been asking myself "what really went wrong and why did this happen?" Suffice it to say, I may never know the answer to the first question and some interesting possibilities are opening up that may answer the latter. While I love the kitchen and all the creativity it entails it may be that I return to my roots and exercise my creative chops in other avenues. Whatever happens I know that I'll always keep cooking and experimenting and I will definitely continue to chronicle the ride.
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