It occurred to me about halfway through the day that I probably could have phrased the ad better. “WANTED: FOOD TASTER” gave the impression that I was some paranoid medieval queen looking for a servant to test my food for poison, which would explain why every applicant I’d interviewed so far seemed to have a death wish or a LARPing habit. Or both, in the case of the guy who came in with a sharpen...

Yesterday I was a chef. Yesterday I gathered everything that would be needed for today.

Yesterday I prepared everything well. Today I am ready to serve the new entreé.

Today I received another compliment. Today I did not receive any negative feedback.

Today, before closing, I prepared everything well for tomorrow. Today I did beyond excellent and did not lack.

Yesterday, with no...

“I don’t think you understand what I’m saying. I can’t taste anything. My sense of smell is completely gone.”

“I do understand that, Mr. Colivington. What I’m telling you is that there is nothing I can see in either your symptoms or in any of the tests that we’ve run that explains it. You haven’t had an illness in the last six months, you haven’t traveled outside of the country, CBC and platelet ...

I woke up as usual and I felt weird, almost dizzy. I got to work at 7 PM for my shift, and my taste and smell kept going in and out. It was weird. Finally, they just stopped working, so I had to stop working because I made a mess of the ingredients. I put too much salt, too much pepper, and a lot of other ingredients. It clearly did not work for me to be a chef....

Something they never warn you when they tell you of the great magical abilities of wizards, is that they are conniving little runts who never make good on their promises.

You want to be the most beautiful human to roam the earth? Fine, but you also have a horrible odour that keeps everyone away.

You wish to live forever? Well alright then, but you will remain trapped in a cave for the rest of ...

Jake , was busy cooking at the flying burrito when he noticed that he could not smell. Oh my what is going on I can’t smell anything.

So Jake decided to taste the food but he could not taste anything. What am I going to do ? Why can’t I smell nor taste anything?

Jake, was starting to worry the customers were complaining about the food that it didn’t taste good. He had at least five plates returne...

"Excuse me," the woman waived the waitress over with an elegant hand. "But I'm afraid this soup is terribly salty."

"Oh, I am so sorry, ma'am, let me take it back and check with the chef. Would you like something else instead?" The young waitress gently lifted the large white bowl from in front of her.

"No, I'll simply wait for my entree." She settled back into conversation with the older gentle...

I’m a chef, I can’t just not taste things. I need my taste and my smell, or how could I complete my job? Maybe I can make it, maybe I can’t. I don’t know but I can try. So I’ll have someone else taste what I make and tell me if it’s good, but will they know the way I like it? Or the way the customers like it? Ahhhh what can I do?...

I made sure my apron was tight, but not too tight. I reached up and pinched the edges of my tall, crisp hat down so it sat firmly on my head. Brushing back a strand of loose hair, I rocked forward on my tiptoes so my face rested high above the pot of brewing potato soup. I waited until I felt the steam waft up and kiss my chin then inhaled through my nose, deeply and slowly.

My eyes flew open, ...

Covid, of course. Loss of taste and smell one of the major symptoms of this terrible virus. Not just the fact that millions of people have died from this but the horror stories I have overheard while I’m cooking in a 5 star restaurant all those millionaires losing money. What am I going to do? I’m in debt up to my eyeballs because of these stupid student loans that put me through culinary school. ...