Ecole de Cuisine on Los Angeles Times Brand X Daily

Krista Simmons, editor of BrandX and staff writer for the Los Angeles Times- Basic Training Column about her culinary education at Ecole de Cuisine

Throughout my life I’ve been the friend that throws great dinner parties. The one you go to for restaurant advice. The girl who devours every tidbit of or pertaining to food. Yet here I am, done with week one of culinary school, feeling like écume compared to the rest of my classmates.