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Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream

For my last night on patissier this Saturday, I wanted to go out with a bang.  We had a little free time before service, so I made a pumpkin pie ice cream.  Boy, was it good!  The recipe is as follows – it’s very easy, but if you don’t have access to a machine, you [read more ...]

Patissier

Although I have a sweet tooth the size of Texas, patissier is probably my least favorite station.  It’s a different world than the rest of the line – it lacks that excitement, that rhythm, that push.  But patissier was the first station assigned to me at L’Ecole, the French Culinary Institute’s student-run restaurant, and so [read more ...]

Aldea

“I have a good feeling about this place,” he said with a laugh as I wiggled out of my coat.  I looked around and had to agree.
Aldea is blue and gray, clean and vertical.  The already-tall ceilings seem to reach even higher as a result of the long, thin lines that echo throughout the restaurant.
We [read more ...]