Tomorrow my little boy and I will be hopping on a transatlantic plane on our way to Bilbao. We will be gone for two weeks, visiting family and friends.. eating, walking, conversing, playing and enjoying life. But before we leave, here is this month's Daring Bakers challenge. Challenge, it was. I decided ...
I consider myself a neat and organized person, but once in a while, I am forced to really clean out my freezer to make room for new doughs, creams, tuile batters and ice creams... As I have said many times, when I make a tart dough for example, I make three times what I need ...
As you might have heard me say before, I really do not have a green thumb. I love flowers and plants, but I seem to have a hard time keeping them alive. However, against all odds, my herbs are still growing and looking healthy. My chamomile plant has grown about four times the ...
It's time again for another monthly Daring Bakers challenge, this time hosted by Meeta of What's for Lunch Honey? and Tony of Tony Tahhan. I was away on vacation when the recipe was announced so Helen quickly emailed me to tell me that this month's challenge was going to be Pierre Herme's chocolate eclairs. ...
I bought pastry chef Stèphane Glacier's latest book a couple of months ago and I am fascinated with all the amazing verrines and petits gateaux that are featured in it. This gateau, with pistachio joconde layers soaked with lemon simple syrup, jellyfied raspberry coulis and vanilla bavarian cream, holds true to its name, Delice ...
