December 9th, 2010 | 27 Comments
Long before I had any pastry under my belt (literally and figuratively), I was invited to a Christmas dinner. I brought along my offering, and announced that they were truffles! Truffles, oh great people of the party! Truffles! And yes, I had made them myself! The hostess perked up, understandably so, because how often do […]
October 14th, 2010 | 22 Comments
Do these scare the pants off you? Eh, me neither. But they’re cute! Maybe you can scare your kids by biting their heads off, in good ol’ Ozzy Osbourne fashion. Not the kids’ heads. The marshmallow ghosts’ heads. Man, oh, man did I love Halloween when I was a kid. My sweet tooth started going […]
December 22nd, 2009 | 25 Comments
Gluttony. It’s my favorite of the deadly sins and I’m good at partaking in it. And it doesn’t get more rampant than in the month of December. Seems like the second I leave the apartment, I’m offered barrels of cakes and bushels of cookies. Candy to the left of me. Chocolate to the right. I’m […]
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.
