Today I made this nice Triple Chocolate Mousse – layered dark, milk, and white Chocolate Mousse, garnished with White Chocolate straw and Valrhona cocoa. I was a little uncertain about a step when creating the white chocolate nest, so I … Read More
Posted in Pastry & Desserts | Tagged chocolate, cocoa, mousse, straw, valrhona, Vancouver Club | Leave a commentThis is a smaller version of ‘Larousse Gastronomique’, which I have recommended elsewhere. This version is a modern approach to the same information, with many photographs and more recipes than its parent book. It is very handy, with listings alphabetically … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged cookbook, larousse, recipes | Leave a commentThis book could be subtitled ‘Cake Decoration 101′, as it takes a very straightforward approach to teaching the basics of cake decorating. As such, it seems fairly well laid out, with precise instructions and detailed illustrations, covering all the fundamentals … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged cookbook, recipes, sugar, Wedding Cake | Leave a commentI really enjoy Indian food, but this book has never really tickled my fancy. It has quite a few recipes, 70 of which can be made in half an hour or less; but I prefer a cookbook by ‘Women’s Weekly’ … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged cookbook, indian, recipes | Leave a commentThis book comes to us from a long time ago, in the world of cake designing – 1984. ‘New Techniques in Cake Decorating’ is written in a very formal fashion – detailed, organized, with the author painfully removing herself from … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged Wedding Cake | Leave a commentThe Book of Chocolate is bursting with information about chocolate. I received it as a Christmas present, and it has turned out to be an excellent conversation piece, filled with interesting tidbits and detailed history. It goes into good analysis … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged chocolate | Leave a commentToday I created 5 desserts for the Club’s regular dessert tray – this is how they looked in the kitchen, before they were plated. This is my first try at photoing pastries in a commercial kitchen under bad lighting – … Read More
Posted in Pastry & Desserts | Tagged almond, apple, apricot glaze, blackberries, chocolate, espresso, lemon, maple, marzipan, mousse, pecan, pistachio, raspberries, streusel, tart, Vancouver Club | Leave a comment‘French pastry: Tradition and Evolution’ is the first professional book I ever bought, on the advice of my mentor and instructor, Chef George Wagner. Bellouet was a teacher at the Lenotre Ecole, one of the top pastry schools in the … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged cake, cookbook, french pastry, lemon, lenotre, recipes | Leave a comment‘Use Results of this Book to Enliven Your Shop Windows and Increase Your Sales’ ends the preface to this very dated book, printed in English, French and German. There is still lots of valuable information in this, a gift from … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged cake decoration, marzipan, recipes | Leave a commentExactly what it says it is – a complete guide to sprouting, jam-packed with lots of information and new ideas. Steve ‘Sproutman’ Meyerowitz is a bit wacky but very interesting, a zealous advocate of raw food who claims he was … Read More
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