Check out my coverage of the Best of Boot Camp at the Culinary Institute of America on the Rivard Report.  http://therivardreport.com/chef-state-of-mind-off-to-cooking-school-i-go/  I finished Day 1 today and it was pretty intense.  We focused on fundamentals – sauteing, pan frying, deep frying, roasting, braising, simmering, etc.  Looking forward to Italian cooking tomorrow.  We are going to make garganelli.  Don’t know what that is? Neither did I until today.  It’s a handmade pasta!  Yum!