January 2011
1 post
“cookies are made with butter and love.”
– norwegian proverb
March 2010
1 post
February 2010
3 posts
January 2010
8 posts
3 tags
3 tags
la taco trucks
These devices of vehicular mayhem have long fascinated me since my move to LA in 2006. Granted, Malibu doesn’t exactly fall prey to the swarms of taco trucks found east of the 405, but there is 1 truck that I always see in Malibu and I think the driver now recognizes me as I pass by in my car.
Here is the real reason for my post: starvation and curiosity. I love the idea of taco trucks, but...
Will Cotton paintings →
Thanks Sonia!! I hadn’t heard of this artist and she told me that he always makes the desserts for his paintings because he’d rather paint from life than from memory. So cool! His cake sculpture is awesome.
...back on track
After months of neglect, I thought it was the appropriate time to start posting again. I have a lot of new photos of creations from school that I wanted to share, and it doesn’t hurt to have them all in one place.
October 2009
3 posts
indian treats part 1
gulab jamun - deep fried dough (with double cream in the batter) that is then soaked in rosewater syrup and/or honey. so pretty with the carmelized sugar. this dessert is everywhere!
tomorrow is diwali and we’re in varanasi. the girl from our hotel is sending us to a sweet shop tomorrow where we can get some great pastries to celebrate.
September 2009
15 posts
“the worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
– sylvia plath
“Figs are the most sensual of fruits and one the ancients associated with...”
– Xanthe Clay
50 best things to eat in the world, and where! →
Anyone want to try #9 with me? Mmmmm. best milkshake in the world?
Gâteau L'opéra
A very brief history (courtesy of my homework research).
Gateau L’opéra debuted in Paris in the early 1900s. The cake is also referred to as Gâteau Clichy after Louis Clichy who introduced the cake. Years later, another Parisian patisserie called Dalloyau reintroduced the cake as Gâteau L’opéra after the Paris Grand Opera. The cake may have been served at a French-American reception held at the...
oh my... he's amazing →
This guy might be the most amazing pastry chef on the planet right now. one can aspire.
school lunches by chefs →
kids with chef parents get the best lunches for school!
sushi swap
last night my lab 9 peach and berry crisp, golden and crumbly to perfection, went to the lab 6 defilers of sushi for a culinary swap last night. is that fair? maybe I’m just a sushi snob. and while i may not be adventurous in the i-eat-live-eel-and-fugu* variety, there is something to be said for fresh fish, and good flavor. i regret to say that student sushi is nothing like the perfect...
the walk-in
the heat from the ovens in the kitchen lab is so comforting (familiar), but not comforting in the physical sense. the kitchen must have reached a temperature upward of 85 degrees, even with the fans running. my pate sucree was practically melting in my hands… there was no way i would be able to get the dough into the pans without a struggle.
why not go work in the walk-in refrigerator? keep...
“Cooking is the fulfillment of oneself, to share. To cook is to put your heart...”
– Michael Bras