Category: Miscellaneous
Fresalina En Español Coming Soon
April 25, 2012
For some time now, I have been working on another side of Fresalina. The new site will be as accessible as this one, but completely in Spanish for my Hispanic community. It is very exciting and fulfilling. Most of the recipes will be translated and many more will be added like different types of ceviche and the famous Dominican…
Five Things I’ve Learned About Working in Restaurants
February 25, 2012
If you know someone that went or is going to culinary school, you may or many not know that not everyone desires to work in the restaurant business within the culinary world. I have been very clear since the beginning where I want my career to lead to and believe me, it is hard work. Working in restaurants is…
Peek-a-Boo
September 26, 2011
This is my cooking article for Outlook Student Press newspaper. It is on stands today. It still seems surreal to actually see my name in print as a contributing writer. I had to go get it. I couldn’t wait ’till tomorrow and to my surprise, I got an entire page, which I was not expecting. Awwww they just made…
Fresalina Part Trois
August 26, 2011
Exactly 9 months ago, I began my culinary education at The International Culinary Center. Yesterday, that journey came to an end, after countless hours traveling all over and sleepless night on my end. It was definitely an emotional day. I, Katherine Aucena, graduated from The French Culinary Institute. At the beginning of this year, I knew that once BlogHer…
Seven Things I’ve Learned About Food Styling
July 26, 2011
I have had the incredible opportunity to work with people that have been in this industry for a long time. Along the way, they have taught me about some of the food styling tricks used these days for magazines and TV. These are seven of them. Simple tricks and rules to make your food look incredibly appetizing for the viewer’s…
Cherry-Picking
July 7, 2011
Every year around this time, we visit The Dalrymple Farm to pick cherries, sweet black cherries right out of the trees. The best and only time you can go cherry picking is during the month of July. One year ago, we went days after my birthday (mid-July) and the trees were mad empty already. People from all around the…
Emeril’s Table: The Beginning!
June 21, 2011
This is why I have been M.I.A. from Fresalina lately. I call this show the beginning of a beautiful career. Emeril’s Table is the first mayor project that I have been involved with and I couldn’t be any happier and prouder of myself. Emeril made sure all everyone was involved in all the process along the way. He asked…
Fresalina Part Deux
May 20, 2011
As you may have read from my previous post Fresalina Part Un , I am pursuing a wonderful career and like any other individual that it is starting, you have to pay your dues. For the past 2 weeks I have been M.I.A. from my family, my friends and even Honey Bunch and it is all for a very…
A Rare Look Inside The Food Network Kitchen
May 8, 2011
Last Friday, I had the privilege to visit The Food Network and Cooking Channel’s studios in Chelsea Market, NYC. It was quite a beautiful day. It didn’t rain but it was not that sunny outside. It was a perfect day to wear my cute little Mary Jane shoes. As an amateur photographer, I took my heavy camera gear with…
Seven Things I’ve Learned About Recipe Writing
March 29, 2011
There is so much I’ve learned in the past five months to the point that it is unimaginable. Not even I can believe this has become a way of life, not just a career. That is why I wanted to share with you, things I have learned about recipe writing. If It Is In The Procedure, It Has To…
A Week and Three Days Worth of Work Tour
February 27, 2011
First of all, let me just say: Welcome to the new Fresalina.com. Now that I got that out of the way, I’ll start by telling you, and showing you, why we have been out for one week three days and four hours. Since last September, I have been wanting to improve the website. So I contacted one of my best…
It Is Real
January 30, 2011
This is the first time that I have had my picture taken wearing my jacket and oh boy did we have a hard time trying to get the photos at first. The first batch of photos were so mad funny. I looked like I got shocked, or surprised by something or someone and my eyes were just popping. And then…
Something Pink
November 28, 2010
Today, I went to William’s Sonoma because I needed two pepper mills, one for white pepper and another for black pepper. When I got there, I started to look around. Something pink caught my attention: Curing Salt. We did food preservation two weeks ago in class and we cured duck and salmon. Salt kills bacteria…
L’école
November 21, 2010
L’école me rend heureux {School makes me happy}. Cuisiner me rend heureux {Cooking makes me happy}. They sure do. I feel such an honor to be part of a school where many of the well-known chefs have graduated from. Yes, I’m taking about The French Culinary Institute, where I will graduate from next year. I have discovered that food is…
Fresalina
November 2, 2010
Lately, I have been thinking about this post and what Fresalina really means to me. When I think about the name, many things come to my head. For you to understand it, I have to take you back in time… When I was in high school, I had to graduate with a 2 years degree. It was not an option….
The Saloon and The Town
October 3, 2010
Honey Bunch and I went to visit what I call my hometown in NY over the weekend. It’s been quite awhile since the last time we enjoyed a night out back there. I simply love Pearl River: The people, the parades, being able to walk to the supermarket {If I decide to walk to the supermarket from where I live…
Non-Edible Mushroom
October 1, 2010
I felt the need to share this with you. I took this photo today while it was raining. I had to. This is a non-edible mushroom. It was very small the day before yesterday and look how it is today. I’m guessing the humidity and the rain made it that way. I wish there was an edible mushroom with these…
Appetizers For The Weekend
September 17, 2010
Lately I’ve been having a problem, a cooking problem. I have been making appetizers morning, afternoon and night as meals for Honey Bunch and I. They are easy to prepare and if you eat a lot of them {10 and up, not that I did… Shhh}, you get full easily. At least I do. When I’m lazy, I make things…
CupCake Cups
September 7, 2010
Today, because… I’m happy. I have the shortest haircut I have ever had {I can’t hardly make a pony tail out of it}. I’m going to the Martha Stewart Show tomorrow to be part of her audience. Brownie understood 2% of the speech I gave him about doing his needs outside. I love cupcakes. I finally perfected my wedding cake…
Great Vacation Equals Great Food
July 28, 2010
I truly believe that a great vacation includes great food. My hubby and I went to Heaven {Punta Cana, Dominican Republic} for our vacation. We stayed at Iberostar Punta Cana. In order for us to fully enjoy the trip , we needed great food. I mean,we spent a great amount of time there and without good food and entertainment you…
Sushi & Sashimi: My Favorites
June 23, 2010
Ever since I met my hubby, I became a Japanese food lover. I love their food. It’s all about the sauce, that’s for sure. Below you will find my favorites. The ones I always look for in any restaurant’s menu. We always start our meals with a salad. Green salad with Ginger-Carrot dressing. The dressing is the best. It’s not…
Pico de Gallo
June 16, 2010
This is one of my hubby’s favorite because it’s a healthy dish. It’s based on vegetables, fruits, herbs and a dash a salt. He has been bugging me to make it. He saw it prepacked at the supermarket a few days ago while we were doing the groceries and I happened to say “I could make that for you”. It…
Crispy Cups
June 13, 2010
This has been a very crazy week for me. Super busy. The heat pumped up to the 90 degrees these days, made the week even harder. By Saturday I was in a cooking coma with no inspiration whatsoever. My hubby couldn’t see me in that condition. Me? No cooking?. So he decided to take me to one of my favorites…
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There is nothing better than a good wine to accompany your dish. In this category, I share my favorite wines and the dishes I would paired them with. Time to get Tipsy!
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Fresalina Part Deux
Got a second? If you want to know how I got in this industry, this is the right post to read!