Comments on: Shifting Gears

By: Carley

Carley — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:17:31 +0000

Dana!! Where are you? This is the only way your roomates from a former life can spy on your glamorous new life! Updates!!! We need updates!!!!

Carley Rapp (formerly Spears, now Rapp as in Mrs. Tony Rapp!)

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:36:35 +0000

Dana! I was browsing online for local food blogs and stumbled across yours – I remember when you were an amazing chef, even at 17, hosting great dinner parties for us. I’m so glad to see you growing in that, 10+ years later! My husband and I have our own food blog (just a hobby), and document favorite dishes we make at home and local restaurants we love. We’ll have to come visit you for some ice cream – the honey lavender sounds amazing!

Rosemary Jones (formerly Woods)

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:48:00 +0000

Best of luck! I look forward to following along on your next adventure. I’ve been reading your writing for awhile now, probably before I even knew that I wanted to be a pastry chef, you’re an inspiration.

By: richard chan

richard chan — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:52:46 +0000

Good luck with your new adventure! I can’t wait to try your ice-cream at Molly Moon’s! I really like Veil you know and it is sad to see you go. It is my favorite restaurant in town because of the people and the team creating something truly incredible. Your leaving Veil is like Curtis Duffy leaving Alinea…

A tribute to my (and my wife’s) favorite dessert at Veil
“Mixed citrus “creamsicle” tahitian vanilla bean, blood orange sorbet and brioche pudding”

http://www.vintnersgroup.com/Food%20blog/Wine%20tasting%20dinner%202008%20Jan/index.html

By: Meg

Meg — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:06:30 +0000

I think there are so many careers- food, painting, writing, medicine- in which the amount of time necessary to become good at it is so incredible that then learning the business side is daunting. It’s great that you’re committed to doing it. Good luck with it.
Also- my kids love the ice creams and sauces at Molly Moon’s (and I do, too).

By: Erica

Erica — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:40:02 +0000

Good luck and congratulations, change is hard and exhilarating, exciting, stressful, and usually, the exact thing that we need. Looking very much forward to hearing about your journey.

By: Della

Della — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:04:14 +0000

Sounds like a wonderful adventure Dana. I wish you all the best and can’t wait to try some of your ice-cream

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:45:25 +0000

Congratulations on your new adventure! I am in the middle of a great re-vamp myself, it is both exciting and nerve wracking. Good luck to you.

By: kirsten

kirsten — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:29:56 +0000

Congratulations Dana, I know that your passion will lead you in the right direction. But I am sad you will no longer be at Veil. I have not only enjoyed your lovely creations, I have learned a lot from what you have written and said (@gypsy) about the process. I do hope that you will start a new endeavor, something like Tailor or Room4Dessert? I think with the right location, Seattle would support something like that. I envy the vast canvas before you! I will keep my ear to the ground like a proper stalker, and visit MM’s.

By: Michael Natkin

Michael Natkin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:30:50 +0000

Congratulations on making a tough choice. It takes a lot of guts to walk away from something you love to build towards what you want in the future. I love your list of alt-restaurant ideas too. I hope to be building something alt but still profitable in a couple of years too, and I find it so inspiring how many things like that are going on these days.