February 14th, 2012 | 10 Comments
I’m supposed to be watching my weight right now. The holiday season wasn’t too kind to my waistline, and summer will rear it’s head in no time. So as logic should have it, I made calorie-happy poached pear stacks, since I had a bunch of spiced poached pears floating (literally!) around. I promised myself […]
October 31st, 2009 | 19 Comments
How do you like that? I win an award and disappear. Isn’t that typical of us big-headed rock stars. But, really, let me fill you in (like a vols-au-vent, heh). In the last few months, Scott and I have gone from On-The-Rocks to Splitsville. I sure wish it didn’t have to be this way, but […]
September 27th, 2009 | 59 Comments
What is it about puff pastry? The mere mention of it sends shivers down every baker’s spine. Could it be the knowledge that it has 944 microscopic layers of dough and butter, which seem to break all laws of physics? You look down at your own two hands and think, “These two hands? All by […]
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.
