http://blog.peacefromcake.com Catering with a Conscience Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:31:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well Boys and Girls... the end is near. I am abandoning ship and charging full steam ahead with my education. The business has been a good, hell - a GREAT RUN. We'll shelve it for the now, and I look forward to the next incarnation of Peace From Cake. My chef ... http://blog.peacefromcake.com/?p=40 It's been a sad holiday for PFC, this year. We lost a dear friend. We've all laughed through our tears, at her uncanny sense of timing. The ol' bird departed just in time to disrupt the festivities. If you'd known her, you'd know it was just as it should be. Bravo ... http://blog.peacefromcake.com/?p=38 Our 'in-house' baker/chemist/alchemist recently exclaimed she would throw out all other baking resources and live on this alone (!). All of them? The Wooden Spoon? (I'm crazy about that Ezekial bread), what about In The Sweet Kitchen? Or *gasp!* Baking With (my beloved) Julia ?!? I was feeling totally desperate ... http://blog.peacefromcake.com/?p=37 Hi. I'm Michelle-rené & I am a silicone junkie. Yes, it's true. The first step is admitting it. As all chef's (should) feel... I am always learning, redefining and improving my art of food-craft. My baking has greatly improved since I discovered silicone bake-ware, and frankly I may never go back. Suggestion for the skeptic ... http://blog.peacefromcake.com/?p=34 This is, by far, the best resource I’ve seen for gaining, maintaining or improving knife skills. As one who entered culinary school without any working experience with an actual chef knife, I wish I’d had this before I started out in the industry! If you have any interest in ... http://blog.peacefromcake.com/?p=33 I’m deep in thought (recently) at the witching hour of production.* Knee deep in the zone, I’m nailing it…checking off my list as I plate; Salad done.. vinaigrette ready, meat hot & resting, greens bright, dessert set… sauce broken! … aauugghh. Fix it or re-do it… As one Le ... http://blog.peacefromcake.com/?p=28 This is not a cook-book, chef biography or some rags-to-riches story of a line cook who made it big. This is not even (gasp) a diet book. It does however have recipes galore, thereby allowing me to review it. Mix 1 part Heartbreak, 1 part Humor, Cut in Wit & Wisdom, ... http://blog.peacefromcake.com/?p=25 So I’m watching Iron Chef America (& YES, Chef’s do watch those shows…) , and the unflappable Cat Cora emerges from the shadows and kicks some serious culinary butt! The woman is one tough cookie. Not only, the first woman to step up to the plate as a headliner for IC, ... http://blog.peacefromcake.com/?p=23 Baked French Toast - 1 loaf of thinly sliced bread. (rec. Light Wheat) - 6 Eggs - 2 C Milk - ½ C Sugar - 1 t Vanilla Extract - Cinnamon (to taste) With a large enough Cookie cutter to make one cut per slice. (If not making shapes, simply cut off the crusts) Whip eggs & mix in ... http://blog.peacefromcake.com/?p=15 I was in Boi Taull, Spain externing at a restaurant called Café Sedona, when I first open ‘Kitchen Confidential’ by Anthony Bourdain. I brought it along on a whim. Like a beach novel… all fluff to get me through the airports. I did not expect it to be my lifeline ... http://blog.peacefromcake.com/?p=14