Persian Noodle Soup (Ash Reshteh)
Gingerbread Cake with Rum Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
Butternut Bisque with Crab
Pear and Almond Tart
Homemade Saucisson: Boudin Blanc
Making sausage is really fun and we’ve made a lot of it at Le Cordon Bleu. It tastes much better than the commercial kind filled with chemicals, additives,… Read More »
Raspberry Almond Cream Tart with Chocolate Sauce
I’ve combined two of my favorite desserts from Le Cordon Bleu for maximum yumminess: almond cream tarts and raspberry crumble with chocolate sauce. In the past, I’ve had… Read More »
Disco Dinner
I thought we were off to a riveting start with french contemporary cuisine until everything came to a screeching halt aujourd’hui in my superior cuisine class at Le… Read More »
First Week of Superior Cuisine
First day back at Le Cordon Bleu for Superior Cuisine was like walking into a huge homecoming party. Our class was at night and I strolled into school… Read More »
Frogs Legs
Thank God we didn’t have to cook frogs legs today. This was only presented to us in our demostration and we didn’t have to make it in the… Read More »
Five Foodie Challenge!
My dear friend Natalie Zee has tagged me. Before I get to her question, let me pause for a second to expound on my lovely friend. She is… Read More »
Surf Vacation in Portugal
An American couple walks into a surf house with a Scottish doctor, a Northern Irish army officer, a Spanish male model, a Welsh accountant, and a Costa Rican… Read More »
Weekend in Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal is like San Francisco with it’s own version of the Golden Gate bridge and hilly streets that have cable cars running up and down. The food… Read More »
Final Examination Fini!
Can I tell you what hell it is to sit through a three hour demonstration knowing that shortly after fate is ready to play her hand? I had… Read More »
Hollandaise Queen: Final Exam
One day before my final at Le Cordon Bleu and I have a bad case of the I-don-wanna’s. Bad, bad, bad. I keep doing everything there is to… Read More »
Avian Bird Flu in France
Picture by Mr. Fenwick Recently a friend, from San Francisco Photorama, asked me what Le Cordon Bleu’s stand on the avian bird flu was. I asked the chef’s… Read More »
Crazy Crawfish
I promise after this post that I will cut down on writing about all the icky fear factor stuff we do in cooking class and write about some… Read More »
