Posts Tagged ‘cream puffs’
New Year’s, with Bubbly, Gougères, and other Nice Nibbles
Gougères are the perfect little French cheese puff, served with cocktails. Gougeres are light but pack great flavor, with the traditional addition of Gruyere cheese to choux pastry. Are you in, or are you out, on New Year’s Eve? I like a little of both, having some bubbly and an app at home, then out…
Read MoreCream Puffs with Strawberries, for Mom
As you can imagine, exam time in culinary school can be stressful. We had three of them, and the first was in some ways the most challenging. That’s because we just didn’t know what to expect, having never taken a culinary practical exam and having watched far too many episodes of Iron Chef. The initial…
Read MoreIngredient: Vanilla Beans
I’m a sucker for fragrant flavorings like rose water and orange blossom water. Vanilla is no less of a swoon for me, and I find its creamy, heady scent to be anything but bland. Why must we insist on calling the boring, the plain, vanilla? No more! Without vanilla, pastry would be lost, especially the…
Read MoreFavorite Things: Wooden Spoons
Can I just first admit how strange it is to go from cedar trees, Mt. Lebanon, and the Mediterranean Sea to wooden spoons? But here we are, a little sleepy and off-kilter, but back in the kitchen. It’s good to be home. I’m sort of a collector of wooden spoons. Their hues, their shapes, their…
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