This is the side dish that went so well with Keller’s Fried Chicken. I find it a bit heavy but very flavorful; small servings would be appropriate with the Fried Chicken. I love the combination of the roasted red bell…
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Lechon – aka roast pig
July 17th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Uncategorized
I am so fascinated by blogger MarketMan’s Lechon Chronicles . His obsession for this particular roasted fare wins the Test Kitchen award of excellence. I am so inspired, I am determined to roast a lechon – although in the confines…
Petites Bouchées closed in August
July 16th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
I will be closing my shop for the month of August and will reopen September 1st. I’ve already hinted of new macaron flavors in a previous post but will now be adding new cupcake flavors as well. There MIGHT be…
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The road to the Iphone 3G
July 11th, 2008 · 13 Comments · Uncategorized
… was not bad actually. Since today is my birthday , I get to do what I like – wait in line for the new release of the Iphone 3G. Now I’ve never done such a thing before for an…
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No opera here…
May 28th, 2008 · 21 Comments · Uncategorized
I am so disappointed that I cannot complete the challenge this month – I wanted to make it so badly but life just got in the way. Also, I’m putting the Test Kitchen on hiatus for the month of June….
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Easter Macarons …or
March 9th, 2008 · 14 Comments · Uncategorized
..how my little bunny hopped away with a basket of macarons. I thought I’d play around with macaron colors for Petites Bouchees Easter offerings. The blue-green mac is actually the hazelnut with salted caramel. A couple of changes and probably…
Losing the lottery …
March 3rd, 2008 · 11 Comments · Uncategorized
It was with mixed emotions that I received the news that I did not get into the exclusive class of Pierre Hermé at the The French Pastry school in Chicago – seats were handed out to 20 lucky participants via…
23 Answers about Cooking and Eating
February 1st, 2007 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
I got tagged by Veronique of http://wiegottindeutschland.blogspot.com/ for a meme about cooking and eating habits. This was a mostly German meme but Hande of Food Vagabond had the questions in English. So here are my answers to all 23 questions…
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A New Look For My Blog
January 26th, 2007 · 21 Comments · Uncategorized
I always wanted a banner to show how my kitchen looked in a hyperbolic state when it is humming with activity. You’ve seen how it looks when it’s all cleaned up, but you have no idea how it is when…
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