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)

Rhubarb

I have a few very healthy and productive rhubarb plants and was looking for new ways of using this delicious vegetable.

After some research I made these Rhubarb tarts with coconut and fig cream, the sweetness of the figs balanced out nicely the rhubarb's acidity.

Happy Easter

Cheese cake is always a favourite, this one was particularly tasty but not for the dairy intolerant, about 4 pounds of dairy went into it!

Gluten free Fraisier

More and more people are gluten intolerant and I always try to accommodate by creating gluten free meals.

Here is a traditional French strawberry cake "fraisier" that I made gluten free, even the gluten eaters couldn't tell the difference.

Happy New Year

Wishing you a peaceful and happy 2014!

Special dinner for a good cause

I had the pleasure of cooking the following meal for the lucky "winners" of an auction in favor of Providence Hospital in Everett.

The menu was the following:

Starter 

Scallops in their shells (cooked with a champagne and mushroom sauce, on a bed of leeks)

Main course 

Beef Bourguignon served with a baked potato dish (with bacon and cream, specialty from my parents restaurant), and greens 

Green salad

Dessert 

Profiteroles with a hot chocolate sauce

I didn't have time to take pictures

Birthday cake

My latest creation is this yummy and oh so rich and moist cake.

A quadruple layer of chocolate cake 

with a coconut and pecan cream filling and 

a chocolate ganache frosting.