by Matthew Robinson | Jul 12, 2018
How To make Strawberry Shortcakes – A Smile Maker. It is getting to be that time of year when, finally, great summer fruits start showing up on grocery store shelves and at the farmers market. In Europe, where I have been lucky to have spent a large amount of...
by Matthew Robinson | Jun 5, 2018
How To Make Pastry Cream Do you often find yourself in need of a pastry filling? Are you constantly wracking your brain with questions about how you will fill your profiteroles, eclairs or donuts? Do you wish you could whip up a rich, creamy filling in a few minutes...
by Matthew Robinson | May 29, 2018
How To Make Pickles I am always amazed at the power a good pickle has. How many times have I sat down to a pastrami on rye thinking that the sandwich will be the main player when, after a bite of the pickle that comes with the sandwich, I come to a full stop...
by Matthew Robinson | May 17, 2018
How To Make Eclairs I believe when it comes to eclairs we have been a bit bamboozled. I am only guessing here, but I would bet that most of our experience with eclairs comes from our many trips to the neighborhood donut shop which uses normal doughnut dough for the...
by Matthew Robinson | May 7, 2018
How To Make Celery Root Soup On a cold night there is nothing better than a pot of hot, homemade soup. It is especially nice if you can have it on a weeknight. A good pureed soup is not that difficult to make, but it can be made even easier if you employ your slow...