A golden anniversary

What a busy summer preparing for and celebrating my parents 50th wedding anniversary this past weekend!

Between working in the garden

  

 And setting up everything for the party

And finally celebrating!

All 140 guests had a great time!

Easter dessert

Here is a light dessert that worked really well after a heavier Easter meal:

Lemon mousse with Langue de chat

Croissants class

What a pleasure to do this hands on class for such a talented student.

T. had the "feel" for the dough.

Here is the final product:

Birthday celebration

I felt very honored to make this birthday cake for a 90 years young man.

Aranygaluska is the name, it's a traditional Hungarian cake.

Norman, the birthday boy, asked me if I could recreate a cake from his childhood that his Hungarian grand mother used to make, so I did some research and called a good friend who happens to be half American and half Hungarian, I got a recipe and after a couple of trials was ready to serve it and the verdict was: just like in Norman's memory. 

I was so happy to have "nailed it"!

Spring treats

Mini vanilla cakes with chocolate ganache and fresh raspberries

Cakes for a cause

These 2 cakes were auctioned off at The Everett Chorale's Gala tonight

Gluten free orange and almond cake

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Vanilla and raspberry cake with Swiss meringue buttercream

Double chocolate love

White chocolate mousse over dark chocolate mousse with a "hearty" sugar cookie dyed with beet powder

Valentine's day tartelettes

Happy Valentine's!

Mini vanilla cream tartelettes with a heart of kiwi 

(here the cream is coloured using beet powder)

were ordered to celebrate a 70th birthday on Valentine's day

Bringing colour to winter

January can be pretty dreary and grey up here in the Pacific Northwest, and I like to brighten up my days with colourful foods using seasonal vegetables if possible, here is a tri-colour vegetable terrine (Carrots, Root celery or Celeriac and Broccoli) with a red pepper coulis.

Island work

What a cool kitchen to work in!

Bon appétit

Happy New Year

Another year has come and gone, welcome 2015!

May it be filled with sweet moments and a good health for all.

Looking forward to doing business with you this year.

Appetizer

Taste test for an event appetizer:

little polenta stars with spinach and goat cheese topped with a dried cranberry

Happy Thanksgiving

Pecan, Hazelnut and Bourbon pie is being served 

to celebrate Thanksgiving this year

Seasonal dessert

While pears are in season here is a great way to use them 

by making this Tarte Bourdaloue

Last weekend I had the great pleasure of creating this cake.

It was a lot of fun learning a new technique and applying it.

Congratulations to the bride and groom!

Lemon meringue tart

Lemon meringue tart

Sweet and "lemony"

Wedding cake

This past weekend I was very fortunate to make the wedding cake for this very special couple.

As some guests were celiac I also accommodated with gluten free cake

Summer wedding

The bride requested that lemon and Northwest blueberries that are in full season be used in her wedding cake, it was a pleasure to comply

June abundance

Nothing beats home grown and freshly harvest vegetables

Quadruple birthday

Special celebration for this family

Two 40 years old and

Two 4 years old with very specific requirements (a princess castle and a dragon)