"I'm sad today because my student/friend/foodie is gone for now. I remember meeting you the first day of cooking class at BYU and you told me that you travel for food. Throughout the semester you shared your travel/food adventures and gave me excellent recommendations. I'm glad we kept in touch since then. Your infectious personality and inability to give in to illness were your gift to me and my family. My girls were sad to hear of your passing. Do good things up there and watch over my son on his mission, please. Thanks!" (written on Dave's facebook page today)
Oh, and Dave had impeccable taste in soda. I loved this guy. We talked about restaurants, food, life, his Make-A-Wish trip to the Barrier Reef as a teenager, and his love of baseball. He told me about a quick trip he took to Philly, just to try multiple cheesesteak sandwiches. He thought Keenan was the coolest guy ever for proposing at an A's game. Dave and I kept in touch via email and facebook. He would occasionally visit the lab, too. He worked on a graduate program. Was doing his studies on "Couch Surfing," a very non-traditional way of travel where you just crash at pre-arranged locales. He was going to work in the lab as a TA in the fall of 2011, but his cancer came back and his treatments took too much out of him, so Kamiko was hired to take his place. With or without cancer, Dave will stand out as one of my most memorable students OF ALL TIME. In spite of cancer, this guy:
graduated from high school
served a mission
graduated from BYU
served as a youth counselor for HEFY (Humanitarian Experience for Youth)
went to graduate school
worked for Property Solutions in Lehi
travelled and ate good food
came to my house for dinner
loved everyone
I LOVE THIS GUY!
The following is from Dave's blog post in April of 2011:
Food Brings People Together
During this current semester I have been enrolled in "Cooking Class" here at BYU. I decided to take this class for two reasons (1) I consider myself a foodie (which means I LOVE everything about food) (2) I needed extra classes to fill my schedule because a student must earn at least 120 credits at BYU to graduate regardless of how long or short their major is. I will be graduating (in two weeks from today) with exactly 120 credits. (I am proud of this because it means that I did waste any time during college. I came, I took classes, and I conquered.)
Throughout the duration of the semester this class has become one of my favorite classes that I have ever taked during my time as a BYU Cougar.
I mean who would not like to have a three hour lab every Thursday morning that ends with the class eating together and talking about food! (I never had to eat breakfast on Thursdays because I knew that I would be getting a pretty good meal for lunch!)
The greater reason I loved this class is because of the professor. Her name is Mrs. Dana Adcock and she has become one of my favorite professors at BYU. During the first week of lab she went around and talked to everyone individually to get to know them. During my "interview" I told her about me being a foodie and that my travels are centered around restaurants and food rather than the landmarks and city. we hit it off from there talking about good restaurants each week.
Yesterday was the final lab day. It was the lab that the whole semester builds up to where your group creates their own menu and meal. (My health has not allow for me to attend classes as much as I would like to.)
However, Professor Adcock and my two cooking partner came and visited me at home and delivered my a plate of food. It was a fabulous! I enjoyed the food, but appreciated the visit more. (When you are going through chemo treatments you never feel that great. This prevent you from leaving your home often because you are weak, tired, or in pain, and therefore, you do not have much human interaction)
After handing me the plate of food my professor handed me a yellow gift sack. (This was greatly unexpected.) I opened it and to my surprise it contained a HOMEMADE apron that THE WONDERFUL Dana Adcock had made herself. I was super surprise and touched by the sincere care and thought that went into it. I almost had a tear come to my eye. (But my manly side fought it back) It is an amazing apron!
Throughout the duration of the semester this class has become one of my favorite classes that I have ever taked during my time as a BYU Cougar.
I mean who would not like to have a three hour lab every Thursday morning that ends with the class eating together and talking about food! (I never had to eat breakfast on Thursdays because I knew that I would be getting a pretty good meal for lunch!)
The greater reason I loved this class is because of the professor. Her name is Mrs. Dana Adcock and she has become one of my favorite professors at BYU. During the first week of lab she went around and talked to everyone individually to get to know them. During my "interview" I told her about me being a foodie and that my travels are centered around restaurants and food rather than the landmarks and city. we hit it off from there talking about good restaurants each week.
Yesterday was the final lab day. It was the lab that the whole semester builds up to where your group creates their own menu and meal. (My health has not allow for me to attend classes as much as I would like to.)
However, Professor Adcock and my two cooking partner came and visited me at home and delivered my a plate of food. It was a fabulous! I enjoyed the food, but appreciated the visit more. (When you are going through chemo treatments you never feel that great. This prevent you from leaving your home often because you are weak, tired, or in pain, and therefore, you do not have much human interaction)
After handing me the plate of food my professor handed me a yellow gift sack. (This was greatly unexpected.) I opened it and to my surprise it contained a HOMEMADE apron that THE WONDERFUL Dana Adcock had made herself. I was super surprise and touched by the sincere care and thought that went into it. I almost had a tear come to my eye. (But my manly side fought it back) It is an amazing apron!
Such a sweet tribute to Dave! And I loved reading his post about you. [Unlike Dave, I didn't fight back the tears.]
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