There is a peanut butter monster that lives in my house. That peanut butter loving monster is my husband. For every French pastry that I create there is a request for something to made with peanut butter. The man loves it. He is known to spread thick peanut butter over his waffles in the morning, he will […]
Chocolate is a personal favorite of mine. Not a big surprise, since the past several years have involved me working with it on a daily basis and eating copious amounts of it. When beginning pastry school, I waited eagerly for the chocolate courses and when it came time for my first pastry job I made […]
Summer is less than two weeks away, but it has already set in and made its presence felt. The hot steamy days and their warm nights have me reluctantly closing my bedroom windows and finding refuge in the cool crispness of the air conditioning. On the evenings that are not as warm or rainy, there […]
Sisters are a wonderful thing. If you have one you will understand. As a child, having older sisters meant having someone to play with and someone to watch out for me during my elementary school days. It also meant trying to tag along with them, when they hung out with friends and being avidly avoided […]