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Personal Narrative: The Culinary Institute Of America

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The calendar marks March 2, 2016. It was around 6:30 pm or so and Nadya have just got home from school after a long day. Before she was able to get comfortable, her mom handed her an eight by eleven-inch white envelope in the mail with the print Culinary Institute of America at the top left without a single word coming out of her mouth. This could only mean one thing, but she didn't want to get her hopes too high. She nervously opened the eight by eleven-inch white envelope and slowly pulled out the letter that was in it. She then took it out of the envelope and read the letter to herself while her mother stood there watching. After reading the first line and ignoring the rest even though it was just as important as the first line, she screamed and then her mom followed. She had just found out that she was accepted to her dream school, The Culinary Institute of America.
She has always loved food and enjoyed learning how to make it. In fact, when she was little, she would watch her mom bake these delicious pastries and wanting to do the …show more content…

As a fundraiser for her trip to Europe last year and for every special occasion whether it was for a birthday or a wedding, she remembered baking cupcakes and turning on the oven light to watch the cupcake mix ooze to form its shape. As the cupcakes were forming, she clearly remembered it filling the air in her house with the smell of sweets, which is a signal that the cupcakes were nearly ready. To be sure that it was ready, she took a toothpick to test it to see if there were any signs that said otherwise. The next part which is her favorite is decorating the cupcakes with everything ranging from frosting, marshmallows, different types of cookie crumbs, and chocolate. From the moment that she experienced baking and decorating these cupcakes, she discovered the love that she has for Culinary Arts and here she is now at her dream school that is known for Culinary

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