Day 36: Cranking Out Pasta
Yesterday was cheese. Today is pasta. The Italian in me is extremely happy. Though the lasagna we made in class wasn’t my favorite. I’m used to layering thick sheets of […]
Yesterday was cheese. Today is pasta. The Italian in me is extremely happy. Though the lasagna we made in class wasn’t my favorite. I’m used to layering thick sheets of […]
Okay, don’t hate me. I spent today making cheese and taste testing 15 different cheeses. Tough day at school. We started our morning making ricotta, which has a simple formula: […]
We have five days left before we take our final exam, and oddly enough, things have been slowing down. Or maybe we’re just becoming more comfortable multitasking? Today’s recipe wasn’t […]
Day two of nutrition introduces more health-conscious recipes: Falafel, roasted spaghetti squash, and a watercress salad. And I opted out of lunch today because of my falafel failure. The falafel […]
I have my suspicions that today’s recipe was a scaled back fish recipe (pun intended) because it was to be followed by a lecture on how chefs can impact a […]
Thanks to a sharp-eyed student, we were all saved from eating maggot-infested buckwheat flour. We were supposed to make two versions of this French pancake–a Brittany-style crepe (or galette) made […]
a Most people buy frozen puff pastry, and for a good reason: It’s an all-day project. Puff pastry has the ability to rise eight to 10 times it’s original size […]
When Chef told us we were going to focus on pastry for the next few days, I’d say about 90 percent of the guys in my class started grumbling. I […]
All bakers share a common urge: Prematurely opening the oven door to check on a dessert. And that temptation is tripled when it comes to souffle. Why? Because it’s mystical. […]
It’s only the second day of pastry week, and I’m already feeling sick. Partly because we started the morning making ice creams (that’s plural) and partly because I don’t have […]