Culinary Camp

Field trip to Houston's best cafes and coffeeshops

As the proverbial quote goes, “Once a teacher always a teacher”, I believe this even more after my weekend with a sharp young lady. Today, I assisted my former colleague, Carla M. Brown in mentoring a student of Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Brown and I taught for many years in the Houston area where I served as her grade level chairperson. But today, Mrs. Brown was in charge. Here we were again, a team working side by side, picking up where we left off years ago. I welcomed the opportunity as a pleasant diversion from my usual grind in the kitchen. As we meandered throughout Bellaire and Houston’s Galleria area, our student challenged me with questions while she inquired about my transition from life as a teacher to an entrepreneur. Our field trip led us to cafes like Dandelion Cafe highlighted in the photo and coffeeshops like Nordstrom’s eBar both of which Chic Sweets Fine Desserts supplies. We pondered about her plans for the immediate future as well as her long-term goals. The most rewarding part of the day was when Mrs. Brown and I discovered that our student desired to start a career in the culinary field. To my extreme delight I realized that before my eyes was possibly the next pastry chef! Here I was planting seeds into the next generation of chefs. For a brief moment I returned to classroom again, a natural place in my heart.