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31 05, 2015

Buffet and Catering Class: We Are Serving Brunch

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After finishing the end of week two in Buffet and Catering, our class has successfully learned how to take all the cooking skills we have learned over the past year at Le Cordon Bleu, and scaled up our production to create 50 plates and do this within 2 h […]

19 05, 2015

Vietnamese Chicken with Jasmine Rice finished with Lemon Peel

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This was my final menu I created, prepared, and presented to Chef Frankie Ruiz for my final kitchen practical exam in Cuisines Across Cultures at Le Cordon Bleu. Our assignment was to select a country and create a menu with an appetizer, entree, with two […]

12 05, 2015

Cuisines Across Cultures Course Ends …. Another A+

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I cannot believe another class has concluded at Le Cordon Bleu. It seems that every class is my favorite class, but this class has tapped into my passion of fusion cooking. It was called Cuisines Across Cultures and consisted of studying not only […]

2 05, 2015

Awesome Appetizer for Party- Shrimp Couscous

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This appetizer was served at Le Cordon Bleu’s President’s List Student Honorees’ luncheon. I enjoyed it so much, I talked the cooks into giving me the recipe! I didn’t get exact measurements or even the exact ingredients, but it is close enough that I c […]

27 04, 2015

Cooking Southeast Asian Recipes in Class

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At Le Cordon Bleu, we have been studying cuisines across cultures. Learning the history and geography behind foods and wines from different countries has been an eye opener. Ever wonder why Asian foods don’t use dairy products in their foods? It’s beca […]

17 04, 2015

Cooking Paella!

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I’ve never cooking Paella before. As you can see, it is a beautiful dish full of healthy, natural ingredients that give it flavor and nutrition. After prepping it, it is just a matter of pan frying then sautéing in order of longest cooking times.

I […]

26 03, 2015

Final Exams Finished ….Continue to an Earn A+

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Final exams in Pastry & Baking at Le Cordon Bleu….Finished with A+! It’s hard to keep up with website posting when we have daily quizzes, projects, and graded kitchen practicals (chefs critiquing your dishes like you see on TV!). Here is a quick pos […]

8 03, 2015

Making Classic Buttermilk Biscuits

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I cannot believe how easy biscuits really are to make. And they are cheap to make, too, with only about 5 ingredients! They can feed about twenty people if you have guests for brunch. I have written the recipe in detail in the recipe blog section of the […]

26 02, 2015

Paul’s 60th Birthday Bash

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It was a Moveable Feast….to quote Ernest Hemingway…..”When you have two people who love each other, are happy, and really good work is being done by both of them, people are drawn to them as surely as migrating birds are drawn at night to a powerful […]

15 02, 2015

Thank You to all who came out to Williams Sonoma Lenox Mall Yesterday!

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I want to give a shout out to all my friends, old and new, who came out to see me at Williams Sonoma Lenox Mall yesterday. We had a large turn out on Valentine’s Day. Everyone ate all of my good food, shared my recipes, and I gave cooking lessons on how […]