As promised, I have a recipe for French Macarons today. A while ago, my mom and I took a macaron class at Sur La Table. The class was really good and we were able to successfully repeat the recipe at home; it made it really interesting to learn from our amazing pastry chef and clear … More French Macarons
Fall hit us in full force over here today. It started raining last night and has been dreary since. It’s getting colder. The mosquitos are out and they are terrible – here’s to hoping the cold tonight kills them off. My body is one giant mosquito bite. On the menu for this week: Pastry: It’s … More Easy Butternut Squash Soup
This weekend, I went to Switzerland for the Desalpe festival. In the summer, the cows go to the mountains to graze. In the fall, the farmers bring their cows down from the mountains to the winter pasture in the valley – the Desalpe festival celebrates this. I couldn’t understand what the announcer was saying because … More Desalpe Festival – Switzerland
Sorry it’s been taking so long for me to post! The internet here is terrible and it takes forever to upload my photos. This is the post I wrote on Thursday… I don’t have any recipes for you today, just stories and pictures. We’ve made tons of different amazing things (list to follow), but all … More Mmm, butter.
Yesterday was our first day of school (haven’t said that in awhile!)! And it was such a perfect day. In the morning, we take the bus to school – it gets us there early so we have plenty of time to chat and change into our cooking clothes. Mine are all hilariously baggy on me … More Pain Au Chocolat
It’s Monday morning here. I arrived in Cap d’Agde (pronounced aɡdə according to Wikipedia. Hard G – I have been pronouncing it wrong the whole time, but was corrected by a ticketing woman at the train station) on Saturday afternoon. I took the train in from Paris – it should have been a pretty easy 4 … More Agde – Arrival, the School, The Students
Guys! I made it to Paris! But just barely (see #1 below)! The flight was really long and the weather is pretty crappy and umm, I don’t speak French, but it’s still pretty great. I got in at around 8am, went to the train station at the airport to reserve my train for tomorrow (to … More What I Learned Today
Twelve hours from now, I’ll be at the Newark airport waiting to board my flight to France! My leave has officially started and I am almost done packing. And yep.. I packed everything in a carry-on + personal item. I’ll be doing a lot of travel by train (especially when Andrew comes out) so I … More How I Packed for 6 Weeks in a Carry-on
On September 17th, I will embark on the adventure of a lifetime – a 5-week trip to France. The first four weeks I’ll be attending a Pastry certificate program at the Gastronomicom school in a little town in the South of France on the Mediterranean called Agde. Here is where I’ll document my journey as I bake, … More Bonjour!
More Croissants, Please! 