November 19th, 2009 | 84 Comments
If you promise them chocolate cake, you better make sure they get it. Or there will be bedlam. I learned first hand. We ran out during one busy dinner service and there was so much uproar, the kitchen transformed into an urban Lord of the Flies. These cakes were more than just popular. People traveled […]
September 14th, 2009 | 29 Comments
You’ll probably want to throw tomatoes at me for saying this, but I don’t like frozen chocolate anything. Not chocolate ice cream, not sorbet, not frozen parfait, nuthin’. I’ve always preferred fruit flavors in my freezer. I don’t have a good explanation, but could theoretically defend myself by saying chocolate flavors are best and most […]
August 26th, 2009 | 61 Comments
As much as I like to think that I know everything about pastry, the truth is that I only know a small percentage. The amount of available info is bigger than all the sugar crystals in the world. As we speak, delightfully batty pastry chefs are out there, stirring up shenanigans that I couldn’t even […]
I had a career going in advertising when one day I got the crazy idea to start over and become a pastry chef. Now I'll show you what I learned working in fine dining restaurants all over NYC right here with step-by-step photos. So grab your rolling pin and join in.
