Month: June 2010

Chocolate Pavlovas and Chocolate Mascarpone Mousse

I like whisking things. I especially like whisking things until soft peaks form. There is something borderline existential about watching a liquid turn into pillowy fluff. It’s fun. Of course, it helps that we now have stand mixers to do all the hard work. But I had a lot of […]

 

Post-Paris, part deux.

I know I’ve blabbed on about Paris long enough, but before I move on, let me just mention a few more memorable places to explore and one tourist trap to avoid: Restaurant Chartier. Many people complain about the service. In our case, the service was great. It was the food […]

 

Post-Paris.

There is no excuse. It has been way too long. I was whisked away to Paris and ended up lost in a whirlwind of baguettes and cheese and wine too good to be true. Too good compared to the normal life of work, work and more work that I all-too-quickly […]