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Jessica

Jessica has been a Chef Assistant at The Chopping Block since summer 2024. She loves helping students develop confidence in the kitchen and expand their palates. Jessica enjoys helping students realize that cooking produces results often better than anything you can buy. When not at TCB, Jessica is a teacher. She especially loves the authentic and real-life learning that cooking incorporates. She gets cooking inspiration from other family members, cookbooks, food related podcasts and from ingredients that she doesn’t want to waste.

Bite Into a Good Book: The Ultimate Summer Reading List for Foodies

Each summer, with nightly lesson planning not consuming my time, I put reading on my to-do list. I make it a personal goal to read real books, not my usual go-to of cookbooks, newspapers, and ...

Feast with Your Eyes: Simple Plating Tips for Home Cooks

Our students can always expect delicious food, but they are often surprised that it's so delicious since they just learned to make it themselves. As I recently watched students serve up their wedge ...

Hot Honey: A Fiery and Sweet Condiment

A current drive through any city neighborhood tells you farmers’ market season is upon us, and with the markets, come lots of vendors selling honey.

Crunch Into Tradition: Delicious Passover Matzo Granola

The holiday of Passover is currently underway. This eight-day holiday commemorates the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt and escape from slavery. As the Israelites left the desert, they didn’t have time ...

Ready, Set, Read the Recipe

Recently while making Ginger-Jalapeño Tofu Marinated Soup with Fried Rice Noodles, it happened again. I realized my food would have turned out better had I taken time to carefully read the recipe and ...

Adventures in Waffling

I am early for spring cleaning, but I recently did some organizing and cleaning out of my home. I came across a brand-new Cuisinart and my underused waffle iron. I am still working on a home for the ...

Food For Your Ears

Multi-tasking is a regular mode of operation for people these days and often gets a bad rap. Why do one thing when you can do two things at once? Whether I grade papers with a movie on or read a ...

Don’t Feel Burdened by Breakfast

Prior to working at The Chopping Block, I was a teacher. School started early; my days started even earlier. I arrived well in advance of the first bell to prepare and get set for the day. This ...

The Understated Undecorated Decorated Cookie

The decorated windows, Christmas lights strewn on houses, and blow-up turkeys in neighboring yards epitomizes the honest reality that the holiday season is here! This means it is time for me to ...

From Picture Books to Pies

As we embrace fall flavors and start delving into holiday cooking and baking, it is the perfect time to get kids in the kitchen. Picture books provide a great starting point for ambivalent young ...

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Jessica

Recent Posts

Bite Into a Good Book: The Ultimate Summer Reading List for Foodies

Feast with Your Eyes: Simple Plating Tips for Home Cooks

Hot Honey: A Fiery and Sweet Condiment

Crunch Into Tradition: Delicious Passover Matzo Granola

Ready, Set, Read the Recipe

Adventures in Waffling

Food For Your Ears

Don’t Feel Burdened by Breakfast

The Understated Undecorated Decorated Cookie

From Picture Books to Pies

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