Persian Noodle Soup (Ash Reshteh)
Gingerbread Cake with Rum Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
Butternut Bisque with Crab
Pear and Almond Tart
Top Chef Audition Video
The audition video is at the end of the post, but you’ve got to read the post first! Just like I promised, I sent my video, resumé, and… Read More »
Guy Savoy: Le Dernier Diner, The Last Supper
I was an emotional shipwreck the whole last day of my job cooking at a 3-star restaurant… I arrived at 8AM in the morning and began my daily… Read More »
Au Revoir?
My work visa hasn’t come through and so my job is over at the end of this month. I’m bummed. On one hand, I physically need time off… Read More »
Sea Bass with Wild Mushrooms
My poor husband never gets to eat my food because I spend 14 hours a day cooking in a Parisian 3-star restaurant. I’m sure he wonders if I… Read More »
Guy Savoy: In The Moon Dans La Lune
French Expression: Dans La Lune. In the moon. To be “out of it” or unfocused. When your head is not in the game. I wanted to come back… Read More »
7 Months In Review: Fire Seekers
It is much easier to contemplate progress from a distance. In this case a distance of 10,000 miles. Now that I am safe at home in San Francisco… Read More »
Holiday Menu
One day left until I leave Paris and get on a plane to San Francisco. Yipppeeeee!!!! Cooking in the 3-star restaurant I work at is unbearable right now…. Read More »
Guy Savoy: The Sound of Silence
From the moment I get to the restaurant at 7Am to the moment I leave at 11PM there is noise. The endless clanging of huge copper pots and… Read More »
Parce que C’est Toi!
There are many French expressions that I adore, but my all time favorite is “Parce que c’est toi”. Which literally translated means: “Because it’s you”. It’s a French… Read More »
C’est Normal
Definition of “C’est Normal“: 1.) Totally out of the ordinary 2.) A modest way of accepting a compliment. I came to work today at the Parisian restaurant I… Read More »
Field Trip: Palais de l’Elysée
I got to see the White House, I got to see the White House, I got see the White House …. No silly – not in the United… Read More »
Pumpkin Soup: Crème de Citrouille
I’m sorry for grossing everyone out with my last post. My mother told me that my blog is getting dark and asked me if I could possibly do… Read More »
