We meticulously arranged our desserts on platters, carefully wiping the rims, and making slight adjustments to each angle and spatial disparity. A newfound sense of ownership swept through the classroom. We claimed products as our own creations and took their pictures, as if the proud parents of a pre-school graduate. This was “Individual Production Pastries,” [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dessert’
Holy Molded Mousse
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Baking at School, dessert, food on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bibbity Bobbity Bow.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Baking at School, Caramel, dessert, food, Sugar on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes I think I go to Hogwarts School of Wizardry. Magic happens here. Last week, I witnessed simple, granulated sugar turn to from white to brown to gold.
This is what happened….My Chef began stirring the sugar in a small saucepan and within moments a transformation occurred. Presto! The melting sugar became [...]
Touching the Taro Root
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dessert, Exploring, food on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of weeks ago, I returned to the Thai Food restaurant with two ladyfriends to enjoy a Sunday meal (the same place I’d eaten the fabulous Mango and Sticky Rice.) Being who we are, we ordered dessert.
Some days I get an intense, inner urge to explore. To challenge the Unknown and go Where No [...]
Mango! Mango! Mango!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dessert, Fruit on March 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Contrary to public belief, I do eat non-dessert food items. Just recently, I went out for Thai food and enjoyed some green curry chicken. Although, while enjoying my green curry chicken, I realized with twinge of curiosity that evolved quickly into a full-blown state of lust, that I’d never really tried any sort [...]
Saturday Cake
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Baking at home, chocolate, DELICIOUS, dessert on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, I enjoyed the company of some fellow culinary students. What do culinary and pastry students do on a Saturday night? We scavenge for pots and pans, bake a cake, buy some fine cheeses and enjoy them with a nice bottle of Port!
The cake turned out great. It was a flourless, chocolate cake that [...]
Peace, Love and Bread.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dessert, New York Bakeries, Places to go, Travel and Food on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had the most excellent time this weekend in Woodstock, NY. Not only did I discover that there are people out there still living their dreams, but also there is so very much to smile about.
I felt like everywhere I turned I was smiling in Woodstock. There was the man in the square who [...]
Gee! Egg Cream is Swell!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dessert, food, new confections on March 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A couple weeks ago, when exploring a local diner with a friend and inspecting the dessert and milkshake menu, I came across the item, “Egg Cream.” Now, I’d never heard of Egg Creams before, but was told that they’re a standard East Coast diner beverage, usually consumed by the older crowd. They were described to [...]
Mushrooms in my Chocolate
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chocolate, dessert on March 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My Vosges chocolate bars arrived today.
1. “Enchanted Mushroom Bar” = Delicious. The mushroom is just barely detectable, since its put into the chocolate in powder form. It also has a nice balance of walnut in there. On the back of the chocolate wrapper, it gives interesting information about the role of the Reishi mushroom in [...]
The People Ride in a Hole in the Ground.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dessert, New York Bakeries, Places to go on March 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Thanks to a lovely, former roommate, I acquired a fabulous list of bakeries and eateries in New York City. So, this weekend one of my best friends and I set out to do some exploring and, of course, tasting.
We didn’t manage to hit all 23 bakeries on the list, but we did go to [...]
