When I recounted my experience judging the Mango Hometown Tour Charlotte event a few weeks ago to my wife she was intrigued by the vanilla mango butter that Chef Tom Condron served with his winning … [Read more...]
gingerbread & eggnog tres leches cake
December 30, 2010 By 2 Comments
While my wife was doing her annual holiday baking for work parties she had a great idea - transform a gingerbread cake into a gingerbread tres leches cakes using egg nog. While I'm not a baker, the … [Read more...]
dark chocolate covered puffs with orange scented cream
February 1, 2010 By 9 Comments
The other day over on my fatherhood blog I was talking about my obsession with making different things using Pate a Choux after learning about it over on Michael Ruhlman's blog. I figured that it … [Read more...]
thanksgiving rewind: chocolate pecan pie
December 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
In our household baking is not my purview. It's not that I'm not capable of it, but rather that my wife really enjoys it. From time to time I'll help with measuring out ingredients and whatnot while … [Read more...]
port wine cranberry creme brulee
November 19, 2009 By 2 Comments
With the third installment of the fall flavors series I'm turning my attention to dessert by making a port wine cranberry creme brulee. It has taken me some practice to make a good creme brulee and I … [Read more...]
