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Tarte Aux Pomnes, Tarte Tatin, Tarte Normandes
What a class! During the three hour demonstration class, the chef demonstrated the making of three different types of apple pies/tarts! Get ready to drool: Tarte Aux Pomnes (classic apple pie) Tarte...
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Madeleines, Pound Cake with Candied Fruits, and Lemon Pound Cake
During the practical class, we baked both the madeleines and candied fruits pound cake. It was enjoyable to decorate the pound cakes and get in touch with my creative side. They were both simple...
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Quiche Lorraine
We made quiche lorraine the other day, and I have to say.. wow, what a dish! This quiche consists of three parts: butter, butter, and butter. Oh wait, and add heavy cream on top of that. It was a...
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My Lovely Knife Kit
On the first day of school, all the students were handed a knife kit. After taking them home, I spent half the day playing with them. They are tres sexy! Here’s a peek of the kit: Summary Aren’t they...
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Puff Pastry!
I made my first puff pastry this week! During the course of two practical classes, we made puff pastry with a total of six turns. I had a nightmare in between the two classes, because I saw a few holes...
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Saint-Honoré
For those of you who don’t know, Saint-Honoré is structured like this: a baked sweet pastry dough at the base, a layer of choux pastry around the edge, caramel covered choux puffs on top of the choux...
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Special Guest Christian Etienne and Franck Schweigheiser
Chefs Christian Etienne and Franck Schweigheiser visited the school to give a demonstration class. The demonstration class focused on tomato dishes from province. It was a nice break from the regular...
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Soups
In the last two demonstration class, we learned how to make Crab Bisque, Mushroom Veloute, Cream of Cauliflour soup, French Onion Soup, Fish soup (Marseillaise style), and clarified consomme soup....
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Puff Pastry: Apple Turnovers, Palmers, Raspberry Straw-mats
In pastry, we made apple turnovers and palmers, which are both a puff pastry sweets. Since we had already made puff pastry in cuisine (refer to Puff Pastry with Leeks and Poached Eggs with Albufera...
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Market Tour!
One of my favorite things about Paris are the farmer’s markets. They take place everywhere around the city, and most markets are open twice a week. You can find just about any fresh ingredient you need...
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