Best danish in the world!! Cherries and streusel (mixture of flour, butter, oats, cinnamon and sugar). Kari and I did such a good job, but the danishes we did were the best part! Yum! So I thought I'd share this beatiful and delicious photo with you ;) Class is going great and sometimes I feel silly, cause Kari and I ask sooooo many questions! But Chef loves it! He wants us to ask! That's why we're here, right?
I applied for some scholarships, which is great! And there's nothing to look foward to concerning Jamie Oliver and my possible externsip there...I sent couple of e-mails, and phoned, everytime talked to someone else..ah...I didn't even reach the HR lady...I talked to his guy and to keep it short, it's not gonna happen. I was quite upset. I wish she sent me at leat an e-mail back!
Ok, I'm off to bed now...It's Friday and I'm going to enjoy this weekend!
And I had a fever for a day, and now I have this weird somach pain for 2 days in a row, I don't know what it is, like someone's stabbing me all day long! :(
Enjoy the danish and talk to you soon!

Ovo je bilo dobro za poludit. Danish! To je zapravo vrsta lisnatog tijesta, koje se radi sa dodatkom kvasca, kao tijesto za kroasane. Tako da smo prethodne dane radili na tijestu, a danas smo ga oblikovali, filovali, pekli i kasnije uživali! :) Danas je baš bio dobar dan; Kari i ja stvarno postavljamo dosta pitanja, ali zato smo ovdje, jeli tako? Chef Welker je sretan kad ga pitamo! Ja rađe pitam, nego da zeznem nešto bezveze. Zapravo, drago mi je kad napravimo kakvu pogrešku, jer onda naučimo kako to sljedeći put izbjeć! Još na početku bloka Chef je rekao kako je dobro da se nešto zezne, jer je to jedini način da naučimo.
Danas sam napokon predala papire za 3 stipendije, i jš moram jednu...Napokon!
Napokon je petak, i baš me veseli. Prekjučer sam imala temperaturu, i činilo mi se kao da ću dobit gripu, ali sva sreća, prošlo je...Onda mi je došla neka bol u želucu jučer i danas...Ne znam što je..
Sve u svemu, život je lijep iako nam kiši, ali u nedjelju bi trebalo bit bolje!
Do sljedećeg posta, uživajete u mom danishu sa trešnjama i posipom! :)

p.s - Ništa od Jamie Olivera i mog exernshipa tamo. No comment. Englezi su malo ograničeni, neće oni tek tako primit nekog, čak ni iz CIA!

And there I was, again. Saturday morning I started my tirp and I was so happy the weather was beautiful. Rich and I hit the road and we had a nice ride. We spent our time walking around, visiting all of the bakeries and places I wanted to see for my externship and just the fact that outside was like 25 degrees celsius, it was amazing. I was wearing a tank top how warm it was! Unbelieveable.
I think I got a little bit tanned :)) We also ate at this amazing place called Artisanal. Since I was in the City with my parents I wanted to go there. It is basically a cheese restaurant. I was sooo excited, trust me. Our meals were amazing. If you ever so to NYC, go to Artisanal. About 5 in the afternoon Rich dropped me off at Sunčica's place which was another exciting thing. Sunčica, if you don't remember, is my hometown girl who lives in NYC for like 6 yeras already and she arranged the transportation for me when i first came here. After that accident I went through, I don't think I could've made it to Hyde Park from jfk airport. So again, a big thanx Sunny (that's how they call her, because Americans can't pronounce her name)! Her mum and nephew from Split camr to visit her, for a mont actually, and so I came to see them and spend some quality time with my people. I was reborn. You have no idea how much that meant for me, I enjoyed it a lot. On Saturday night we went out to this Budha bar place which was a nice experience. Good to see what's the night life in the City like. What amazes me the most is how the air inside is clear. Yep, smoking is prohibited! :)) Sunday was again extremly hot and after we had an amazing lunch in a Greek restaurant called Avra (make sure you go there!), Sunny's nephew Bruno and I were wandering around the city, shopping and enjoying the summer weather. Later that day, around 6pm I went to the train station and tooik my train to Poughkeepsie. My girls Brittany and Stacey came to pick me up which vas very nice :)
Now, concerning classes, everything's fine. I still like it as I did the first day. Yestarday we did our puff pastry and then our first apple strip. You'll see some photos eventually..Today our team does some spritz cookies and pies. Everyday each team does something different. And we are half way through the block already! Yeey!
Let me go back to Croatian now...Talk to you soon! ;)

Split u New York-u. Upravo sam se tako osijećala. Ok, prvo sam započela moj vikend vožnjom do NYC u drušvu Rich-a. Uživala sam već u samoj vožnji, jer je vrijeme bilo prekrasno i mogla sam stavit naočale! He he..Kad smo stigli u NYC, nisam znala što da kažem. Sve je bilo krcato ljudi! Da vidite tek Central Park, nevjerojatno. LJudi su se sunčali, leželi po travi, bilo je toliko toplo, sigurno 25 stupnjeva. Mislim da sam čak dobila i malo boje :) Tako smo šetali gradom, obilazili dosta mjesta za moj potencijalni externship, ali nisam ništa našla da me baš oborilo s nogu. Moram bit 100%, jer mi je važno da donesem pravu odluku. Kasnije smo otišli na ručak u ovaj restoran Artisanal kojeg sam oduvijek želila posjetit, još dok sam s mamom i tatom bila u NYC. Oduševila sam se. To je u biti, ako ga mogu nazvat tako, restoran od sira. He, he. Specializiraju se u posluživanju raznih sireva i jela sa njima, a možeš također kupit sir. Hrana nam je bila fantastična, nemam riječi. Kad se tek uđe u restoran, miris sira je onako dominantan, ali navikneš se. Kasnije to popodne Rich me odveo do Sunčicine zgrade, jer sam se dogovorila s njom da ću doć za vikend. Sijećate se Sunčice, ona mi je organizirala prijevoz do škole kad sam tek došla. Puno hvala za to Sunny!! :)) Zovu je Sunny još od školskih dana, jer naravno Amerikancu ne mogu izgovorit pravilnio Sunčica. Njoj su u posjet došli mama Mirjana i nećak Bruno iz Splita, tako da mi je bilo stvarno super s njima. Teta Mirjana me dočekala sa domaćom spizom, tj. paša fažolom i suhim mesom, mmmmmm. Nisam imala uopće osjećaj da sam u New Yorku. Tu večer smo izišli vani, tako da sam mogla doživjet i night life. Bili smo u jednom Budha baru i oduševila sam se. Prvo, ineterijer je fantastičan, i zabranjeno je pušit! Svaka čast.
U nedjelju smu imali ludilo dobar lunch vani, u jednom Grčkom restoranu, Avra. Sunčica je morala otić, a Bruno i ja smo ostali u gradu, šetali i kupovali (zapravo ja), sve do otprilike 6 popodne. Kad smo se vratili kući, malo sam još ostala s njima i onda krenula nazad pema Grand central station i uhvatila svoj vlak za Poughkeepsie. Brittany i Stacey su došli po mene :))
Što drugo reć, nego da sam se provela samo tako.
U školi je sve ok, još uvijek uživam kao od prvog dana, a sada bi stvarno morala ić, jer moram nazvat u Jamijev restoran...Zvala sam jučer, i ostavila poruku, ali ništa ot toga...Moram bit ustrajna..

Yep! Life is true when you're having fun! I just wanted to anounce that I'm working on another blog which will be only in english and very cool! I have some amazing photos and news to share with you! This was a great week and I really enjoyed it. My new class, Baking Ingredients, is awesome! Chef Welker, who is German as well, is absolutely stunning. He is so nice, I don0t even know whet to say! We already made pies, eclairs, spritz cookies, pound cake...I take photos every day, so there're plenty of them!
Today, in like 1 hr and a half I'm going to the City. Yesterday Rich came over, he had a job inerview and so he stayed, we went to a Country club last night with some of my friends from class (It was SO much fun) and this morning the two of us are going to the City, I'm so excited! We're going to check out all of my potential externship places and enjoy the lovely warm weather! Later I'm meating with Sunčica, her mum and nephew and I'm spending a night at her place. It should be fun! I'm bringinig them a pecan pie and some cookies I made yesterday! :)

p.s -I'm going with Brittany to the City (Metropolitan Opera) at June 30th to see Swan Lake; I don't think I have to tell you how I feel about that! ;)
Here's just one pic for now, cuz I have too many of them and I don't know which ones to put now!


Evo me! Ne mogu vjerovat da mi je zadnji post bio u nedjelju! Svašta...Vrijeme brzo leti! Joj, tako mi je super ovaj novi blok. Baking Techniques je super! Chef Welker da ne govorim. Tako jedna dobra atmosfera, nema pritiska, sve ide kako treba. Napokon radim ono što sam željela! Već smo radili pite, eklere, creme caamel, pound cake....Svaki dan napedujemo! :)
dosta slikavam tako da ću danas atavit samo jednu sliku, jer ne znam koje bi odabrala. E da, radim na novom blogu koji će bit samo na Engleskom, vidjet ćete, super je! Jučer je Rich došao radi posla, tj. job interviewa i navačer smo s još par ljudi iz mog razreda otišli u Country line dancing club! Ajme bilo je fantastično. Baš sam se zabavila! Samo moram opet otić i bolje naučit korake, ali bilo je super za prvi put! Sljedeći put ću doć s kaubojskim šeširom, obavezno! :))
Za otprilike sat vremena idem u NYC sa Richom. Prekrasan nam je dan i obić ćemo par potencialnih mjesta za moj externship i još neke što mi je Chef Welker preporučio! Jedva čekam! Joj da vidite kako nam je prekrasno vrijeme jučer bilo...i zasad će tako ostat!
Nakon što to obišemo, nać ću se sa Sunčicom, njenom mamom i nećakom i prespavat ću kod njih. Napokon ću se dužit s našim ljudima! :))

p.s - Moja prija Brittany i ja idem 30.06 u NYC (Metropolitan Opera) pogledat Labuđe Jezero! Mislim da vam ne moram reć kako sam uzbuđena!

My Croatian dinner last night!
Blitva (Swiss Chard) + poached egg that Stacey made!! mmmmm
No one can tell me that you can't have a good Croatian dinner in America!

Blitva!!!! Preporodila sam se. Spremila sam je i prošli vikend, uh...Bez mane..A tek extra djevičanski maslinovo ulje..Stacey je fatastično ispoširala jaje - tko nije upoznat sa ''poširanjem'' evo objašnjenja: Uzavre se voda, doda kvasina, rabije jaje i ubaci u vodi. Okreće se žlicom tijekom kuhanja. Kuha se kojih par minuta ili do željene koegzistencije žumanjka. Ja sam želila ''u meko''!!
Mmmmmmmmmmm

Ovaj put ću prvo na Hrvatski, dosta mi je engleskog svaki dan! :)) Ma baš sam razmišljala kako mi je engleski postao toliko normalan da uopće više ne primjećujem da pričam strani jezik. Ok, spetljam se tu i tamo, ali sve u svemu je ok. Ovaj tjedan mi je bio poprilično napet, puno događanja. Kao prvo, završila sam writing, napokon nakon 3 mjeseca! Koje olakšanje, i to sa B+ ocjenom!
U četvrtak smo imali Grand Buffet, i opet nisam uspjela slikat koliko sam želila, ali evo bar da vidite naš štand sa kruhom. Joj, ova tri tjedna sam se stvarno najela kruha, i to fantastičnog kruha. Ne mogu vjerovat da je jučer bio zadnji dan, i da sam završila s ovim blokom prvo polugodište. Nevjerojatno. Jučer je bio dug dan, jer smo umjesto u 2, započeli nastavu u 12. Kako svaka tri tjedna određena skupina studenata diplomira, za njiihov završni lunch i ''graduation'' teba napravit dosta kruha, tj. radimo malo bublice sa suncokretom, mmm. Sve smo uspjeli obavit na vrijeme, i moram priznat da nam je završni test bio zahtjevniji nego u prethodnim blokovima. Rekla sam Chefu da se vidi da je Europljanin zbog stila i zahtijevnosti testa. Neka, neka..Osim pisanog testa, imali smo i practical, a to je zapravo stručni dio. S nestrpljenjem očekujem ocjenu, ne znam što očekivat

Ovaj vikend imamo opet 3 dana slobodno što me veseli. U ponedjeljak bi trebali Stacey, moja susjeda Brittany i ja otić na planinarski izlet što se organizira u školi, ali najavljuju snijeg pa ne znam što će bit od svega toga. Evo, sada sjedim u sobi, digla sam se poprilično rano i čekam da se mama i tata spoje na interenet da se vidimo. Nismo se dugo vidili, jer mi je kompjuter imao poteškoća, ali sada je ok. E da, nisam ni spomenula da mi je sljedeći blok Baking Techniques, i Chef nam je isto Nijemac, jako drag čokac. He, he..Taj blok će nam bit pouno opušteniji, i napokon ćemo počet radit slastice. U ovom bloku se upoznajemo sa svim pomalo, zapravo savladat ćemo osnove.

Malo kasnije ćamo Brittany, stacey i ja otić u kupovinu. Trebamo kupit nešto hrane za ovaj vikend, blitvu obavezno! ;) Iako u našem domu nema kuhinje, otiđemo u susjedni koji je minut udaljen, i skuhamo sebi večeru (nažalost, kuhinja se otvara u 6 navečer). I moramo svratit do Home Depoa, Stacey-ina druga cimerica je otišla tako da je sada sama u trokrevetnoj sobi, i nema skoro ništa, sve je odnijela, zamisli čak i zavjesu u kadi!


Ugodan vikend svima, uživajte u lipom vrimenu! :))
p.s - Trebala bi dobit nocu cimericu!!

YO, yo.
Here's just a quick note. I don't feel like writing english right now, so I'll just update you briefly on what's happening. I finished breads and I'm so happy! I'm still waiting for my final grade which makes me kina nervious, cuz I don't know what to expect...We'll see...
I also finished writing, finally after 3 months! Yeey! AND I got a B+ which is awesome!
Next block coming up is Baking Techniques and I'm so looking foward to it. I've heard it's an amazing class, much more laid back then breads, which was basically a production class. And the next chef is German too! :)
Today we have such a wonderful weather, but we're expecting snow on Monday which wouldn't be desirable, because Stacey, Brittany and I want to go to the hiking trip that school oranizes on Monday. Yea, we have another 3 day weekend :))
I still haven't heard anything from Jamie, I emailed them this Tuesday, but, no response yet...I guess I should be patient as my dad said...

We're not working this weeknd either, I don't think this block at all, because there are 18 of the new students in this group, so...

Ok, my dad is calling me, gotta go!!
Talk to ya later folks!



Naš kruh! Bread that we did!



Grand Buffet

Easter was very nice. We went to the church in the morning and later Stacey and I exchanged Easter presents. I attached a photo of the Easter basket I got from her! It's soooo nice!! :))
Later that afternoon almost 10 of us prepared an Easter dinner, it was amazing! Everyone prepared something and I also made kale with potatoes and extra virgin olive oil, everybody loved it, especially me! Yesterday I also had dinner with Stacey, and I cooked ''blitva'' meaning, Swiss Chard + Sardines in Olive Oil. It tasted exactly like home!! I was so happy, it made my day.
By the way, I got a US phone!! FINALLY.

4 more days of breads!!

Za Uskrs sam se lijepo provela. Ujutro smo otišli u crkvu, Stacey i ja smo izmijenile poklone i navečer smo imali Uskršnju večeru, nas 9! Bilo je super! Skuhala sam kelj na naš način, a sinoć sam za Stacey i mene pripremila blitvu i Srdele u ulju! mmmmmmm Osijećala sam se kao kući :))
I da, napokon sam kupila mobitel!! Jedino što me ljuti što skida s račina i kad dobiješ poruku..Ahhhh..



Present from Stacey / Poklon od Stacey!

Here's just a blick from me enjoying the class! He, he..Well, it's not as happy as this all the time, but we get to laugh some with Chef Temme!
It's already Friday, and many people took the day off to go home, so today there'll be 13 instead 19 of us in class and my team has the ''Sous Chef'' duty today! Yeey! It's not as amusing, cuz there's always so much to do and keep the track of, but we can do it!
And here's some examples of my challah bread bradings! I think it looks quite decent, except I don't like it that dark, but that's how it has to be...AND, I got an A- in Writing today, for the first time! It was from analisying some poems by our choice + we had our final today! How exciting is that, NO more writing!!

Yep, yep, evo par slika. Ne smijem se inače toliko na satu, jer trebaš bit maksimalno usredotočen, jer se jako lako dogodi zez. Nadam se da vam se sviđaju moje pletenice, iako bi ih ja premazala jajem pred kraj pečenja, jer mi se ne sviđa kad su ovako tamne, ali tako mora bit..bar dok sam u školi..
Kako je sutra Veliki Petak, može se uzet slobodan dan, a s obzirom da ja nigdje ne idem, ne pada mi na pamet propustit nastavu. Umjeso 19 ljudi, sutra će nas bit 13. Super! Bolje kad nas je manje..bar mislim, vidit ćemo sutra..
Imamo neko ludo vrijeme; prvo sunčano, toplo, onda počme puhad, zahladi, pa padne par sniježnih pahuljica...Ah New York, New York...
Još ništa od Jamie-a...

His first goal for Portsmouth! Way to go Niko!!!!


Bravo Niko!!!

Weekend's already here, actually it's already over...I worked yesterday as usual, but it was an amazing day - no stress, I enjoyed it so much, you have no idea. Guests were so nice and everybody did a great job so Mr.D (how everybody calls him) or Damir Juric was pleased ;) but so were we.
I just thought I might send you some pics from inseide of Roth Hall, so you can see how amazing it is. What privilege I have to eat in a room like that! :)) And there are some pics of my room as well. Enjoy the rest of the weekend and have a nice start of the week!

Vikend je zapravo već gotov, i osim što sam jučer radila, niije se ništa specijalno dogodilo. Zapravo, jučer je bilo posebno ugodno na poslu! Svi smo naparavili dobar posao, i ljudi su bili extra ljubazni. Damir je bio zadovoljan, a i svi mi. Poslije sam otišla u teretanu, dobro se istrčala, i napravila par stotina trbušnjaka. Večer sam provela u miru, nisam baš za neke izlaske...Moji iz grupe su išli u petak na kuglanje, a meni je bilo samo do mira nakon cijelog tjedna. Jutros, osim što sam oprala robu, napravila par slika unutar Roth Hall-a i svoje sobe da vidite kako i to izgleda. Kad pogledam slike zaista sam sretna što imam privilegiju svaki dan jest tu! Farquharson Hall je stvarno mrak. Jel' tako da je u stilu Harry Pottera? Isti Hogwarts! :))





In the middle of Anton Plaza, or in front of Roth Hall. We have an Ice-carving club here in school and they always carve something when there's an occasion.
Ovo su napravili studenti iz ice-carving club-a. Ne znam kako da to točno prevedem, ali vidi se o čemu pričam ;)