It is now that time of year when many of us have a Turkey Carcass left from the Family Holiday Dinners. What do we do with this? We throw it away. We try to take off as much of the meat that is sticking to the bones We make Stock out of it which we […]
Author: sylveee
I am a Culinary Educator with a MS in Nutrition Education from Cal State Northridge. I taught High School Culinary Arts and Food Science for 26 years while at the same time (on weekends and vacations) teaching Parent/Child and Teen Classes at the former Let's Get Cookin' in Westlake Village, CA.
Village, CA.
It has been a while since I have been active on this blog. Unfortunately I had a ‘Freak Accident’ almost 3 months ago. I was in the garage opening a rather large box. I had gotten one side of the lid open and when I opened the second side, it flipped and knocked me over. […]
It seems that I have skipped Week 9 – will maybe get back to it sometime. And this week I am taking the recipe a bit further. The Outrageous Pretzel Bars are really that! They consist of a Brown Sugar Cake (Brownie-like) and are topped with a Chocolate Fudge made with Sweetened Condensed Milk and […]
This Week’s Baking Project was Gougeres – a cheesy version of Pate Choux. In this version the Pate Choux is made with Fat Free Milk instead of water and there is also the addition of Cheese. I used Gruyere but Parmesan or other types of semi-hard or hard cheeses can be used. This Project was […]
Since Cherry Season is in full swing in Southern California it was decided that a second week of baking products with Cherries was in order. So this weeks project was Cherry/Cornmeal Upside Down Cake. The title implies that there is a lot of Cornmeal in the batter, but there was not. However, the Cornmeal was […]
June is Cherry Season in California and they are plentiful indeed! All the Markets are featuring them and they are readily available at your local Farmer’s Market where you know they have recently been picked – no shipping, no mishandling – just great fresh Cherries. Both Bing and Ranier are available but for today’s recipe […]
We love Pancakes as I assume most people do. When I was cooking for 7 or 6 or 5 and so on – there were not usually any leftovers when I made Pancakes or Waffles. Now that we are only 2, making a small batch of Pancake or Waffle Batter is almost impossible and rather […]
This Week the project was Brioche Buns as a follow-up to the Brioche Bread Pudding that was last week. There was a Brioche Bread Recipe along with the Pudding and some of our members elected to make that bread for their pudding. I did not – I used a partial loaf of Challah (Egg Bread) […]
Ham and Cheese Brioche Pudding was the selection for Week 4. It was decided upon as a nice contrast to the sweet selections from the previous weeks. Unlike the previous 3 selections which we loved, this one will not go on my favorites list. My Husband and I both […]
One of my favorite type of Cakes is Angel Food – specifically because I like Sponge Cakes and White Cakes and this one encompasses both. My Husband loves Chocolate so in making the Chocolate Angel Food Cake we both get what we like. Now the Chocolate Version of Angel Food Cake may not be ‘Chocolaty’ […]