Making the world a little sweeter one pastry tip at at time.
My latest find at the library’s ‘Friends of the Library’ store – an older cookie recipe book from the sixties. The Art of Making Good Cookies Plain and Fancy (Annette Laslett Ross and Jean Adams Disney, Doubleday, 1963) is a hardback covered recipe book with …
Following suit with a review of The True History of Chocolate on the Pastry Sampler blog, I’d thought I’d talk about Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes for Old School Pastry, a little chocolate cookbook published in 1909 by Miss Parloa. It included Home Made Candy Recipes …
Upcoming Auction: New and Used Restaurant Equipment from Former Restaurant When: Monday, 11/23/15 10am CT – Pick up time 11/25/15 4pm. Where: 12922 Hempstand Hwy, Houston, TX What: Lots of equipment – prep tables, storage, tilt kettle, coolers, freezers, ovens and mixers. Who: Main Auction …
Okay, if you’re from, or planning to be in, the UK on the 13th of October, this event sounds really fun. Paul A. Young, London chocolatier, will be giving a demonstration on marble tempering after taking his guests on a special trip from chocolate bean …
Here’s a great tutorial on creating a simple fondant character face from Zoe and Zoe’s Fancy Cakes. Not only is the instruction clear and the face super cute, but her voice is perfect. I could literally listen to her all day long, I love her …
Chocolate feathers! Great video tutorial on making white chocolate feathers. This video comes by way of ‘How to Cook That’ by Ann Reardon. Decorate cakes or dessert platters with the finished feathers. Steps to Make the Chocolate Feathers Lay a silicone sheet on your work …
Great article via Slate on how pie evolved into a dessert from its beginning as a meat casserole. From the article: Today, you’d be horrified if you ordered a pie and someone tried to serve you a crow baked in tough crust. So how did …
How to put together a super easy and great looking dessert, Raspberry Millefuille via Gordon Ramsay. Begin with taking a sheet of puff pastry, thawed out if frozen. Lay it flat on a non-stick baking sheet. Dust it with a nice even dusting of powdered …
Upcoming Auction via AuctionZip: Restaurant Smalls and Restaurant Equipment. Large array of different bakery items up for auction: Mixers: Hobart A-120 12qt 3 speed Mixer w/attachments; Hobart HL-200 20qt 3 speed Mixer w/attachments; Anvil 20 Qt. Mixer with S/S Bowl, Whip, Beater, Hook, small cart; …
From BuzzFeed – 10 life changing baking hacks, for your rushed baking pleasure. +Renee SheltonTwitter: @121degreesCPastrySampler.com
Another effect to the high demand for sugar – deaths from working too hard harvesting sugarcane. It is estimated that the extreme and very harsh working environments in Central American sugarcane fields have caused the death of about 20,000 people over the past 10 years …
From Eater.com, weird and unique ice cream flavors. A look at how modern tastes are pushing the envelope with ice cream. Weird flavors equal fun ice cream. “Bacon, Foie Gras, and Durian: How Ice Cream Parlors Are Moving Beyond Vanilla,” by Brenna Houck. Eater.com. +Renee …
A little pastry fun here: how to make a decorative cupcake topper: a hot dog and drink! While today is National Hot Dog Day here in the U.S., these cupcakes are perfect for any day for a summertime sweet treat. 🙂 Video is from Pink …
If you’re making a little spiked ice cream to cool you down, these rules for making your icy treat will come in handy. The Real Rules of Making Boozy Ice Cream via Serious Eats, by Max Falkowitz, is a pretty good primer on using beer, …
In their latest press release, the FDA has revoked the GRAS (‘generally recognized as safe’) label for Trans Fats. And, it is giving all food manufacturers three years to remove partially hydrogenated oils – the leading source of artificially created Trans Fats – from their …
