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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much: October 2011
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much. My journey through Baking and Pastry School in Charleston, SC. Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Here's some photos of the desserts, which included a variety of chocolates (nut clusters and ganache filled), cookies, coconut cake pops, mini bourbon-pecan pies, and many more. Retail Bakeshop - Cakes and Pies. We made two types of vegetable quiche, one with broccoli and one without, while both had tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, and cheese:. Monday, October 10, 2011. Back in Februa...
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much: Group Wedding Cake
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much. My journey through Baking and Pastry School in Charleston, SC. Tuesday, November 29, 2011. Our last cake of the semester required us to work in a group of three to create a three-tiered wedding cake. My group was assigned the shape of triangle for our cake, while other groups were assigned the shapes of octagon or flower. The wedding cake segment of class was spread out over five different class sessions. On the fifth day, we covered our cake board in foil and placed dow...
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much: November 2011
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much. My journey through Baking and Pastry School in Charleston, SC. Tuesday, November 29, 2011. Our last cake of the semester required us to work in a group of three to create a three-tiered wedding cake. My group was assigned the shape of triangle for our cake, while other groups were assigned the shapes of octagon or flower. The wedding cake segment of class was spread out over five different class sessions. On the fifth day, we covered our cake board in foil and placed dow...
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much: Iron Chef Competition
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much. My journey through Baking and Pastry School in Charleston, SC. Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Here's some photos of the desserts, which included a variety of chocolates (nut clusters and ganache filled), cookies, coconut cake pops, mini bourbon-pecan pies, and many more. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Retail Bakeshop - Cakes and Pies. Sunday Supper with Virginia Willis. Mocha Buttercream Torte and Ganache Torte. Foodie Folks I Admire.
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much: April 2011
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much. My journey through Baking and Pastry School in Charleston, SC. Saturday, April 30, 2011. Jams and Jellies: Final Practical Exam. For the practical exam in my Jams and Jellies class, we had to create our own tart recipe; a few weeks ago we submitted recipes for a jam/jelly/chutney/relish, a tart dough, a filling, and a garnish. I submitted a plan for cornmeal tart dough, rosemary jelly, blue cheese/shallot cream filling, and red potatoes. Sunday, April 17, 2011. On Tuesda...
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much: January 2011
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much. My journey through Baking and Pastry School in Charleston, SC. Monday, January 31, 2011. I'm really happy to share with you that through the generosity of some Christmas gifts, I am now fully equipped to experiment with ice cream, gelato, sorbet, and sherbert at home. My Aunt and Uncle purchased for me "The Perfect Scoop" by David Lebovitz who is one of my favorite pastry chefs - he has a variety of books and he's an avid blogger which I follow on a weekly basis:. The se...
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much: March 2011
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much. My journey through Baking and Pastry School in Charleston, SC. Thursday, March 10, 2011. The break from all of this will be good. All I can hope is that when I get back, I have a magical afternoon where this all comes together so I can turn in my concept and feel good about it. Time will be of the essence. And that makes me a little anxious. Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Mousse Torte and Tiramisu. First Day of Marzipan. The third group made gingered pear apricot conserve, wh...
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much: June 2011
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much. My journey through Baking and Pastry School in Charleston, SC. Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.". Curious minds ask me often, "Carol, do you have homework for your baking and pastry classes? Or my Italian Petit Fours. Or my Red Potato Tart with Rosemary Jelly. For some of the 4 restaurants in the U.S. I chose to take a trip down memory lane. I first researched Varano's Italian Restaurant in Wells, Maine. Some of you may know that...I also looked...
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much: July 2011
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much. My journey through Baking and Pastry School in Charleston, SC. Tuesday, July 5, 2011. The focus of last week's classes was chocolate, and we fully executed two desserts. Each dessert contained a component that required the tempering of dark chocolate, so I had a chance to practice a new technique for this process. Fruit Inspired Plated Desserts. During the fourth week of class, our plated desserts focused on the use of fruits in different ways. We made five different...
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
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Live Well, Eat Often, Snack Much. My journey through Baking and Pastry School in Charleston, SC. Tuesday, November 1, 2011. On Friday, October 28th, my Retail Bakeshop class hosted a Cupcake Sale, where faculty and staff could pre-order different types of cupcakes. Instead of a cupcake option, Gilly and I prepared a pumpkin whoopie pie with a maple cream cheese filling. Next, Gilly worked really hard putting the final touches on the decorations, while I filled the whoopie pies. View my complete profile.