Month: December 2019

Eclairs are pastry cream filled pate a choux pastries with a chocolate glaze. Their quality varies depending on where you get them. I like the idea that eclairs keep well so you can eat them over several days. The filling is limited as it is usually just a plain vanilla cream. I had watched someone…

One of my all-time favorite desserts are these tiny cakes called canelé. A lovely version is served at Les Madelines bakery in downtown Salt Lake City, and I always make sure to grab one when I go there. They are dark and caramelized, crunchy on the outside, chewy and custardy on the inside, and sometimes…

Sometime in the fall, I decided to start eating vegetarian. I have a friend who is vegan that influenced me, and I am concerned that animals as food source is not environmentally sound. I don’t think I could become a full vegan, but first started eating vegetarian lunches. This is the first veggie stir fry…

A couple of my teachers spent a lot of time writing me letters of recommendation for college, so I decided to thank them with a note and some homemade cookies. We had just gotten the latest Bon Appetit magazine that had some holiday cookie recipes in them. I saw the recipes for “Chewy Ginger-Rye Cookies“…