As the cookie crumbles
I smiled to myself as I flipped through the 5 recipes contained in the first chapter of Elizabeth Falkner’s Demolition Desserts, taking delight in her notation that her “favorite” recipe for chocolate...
View ArticleButtered Pecans
A component in a dessert at poppy, I have been keeping my pantry well stocked with buttered pecans. It’s harder than one would think, what with the dessert they accompany being ridiculously popular....
View ArticleCreme Brulee preferences, your thoughts needed
I have admitted here before that I don’t really have a sweet tooth. As the years pass, the process of tasting and tasting and tasting my desserts as I make them every day has put me in a state of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Diminished Aesthetics
The scene at Poppy is robust. As the dining room fills, it’s cavernous nature seems to amplify the energy of the 100 plus seats we fill every night. Large floor to 25 foot ceiling windows look out onto...
View ArticleFirst Timer
I did something today that I have never done before. I made molten chocolate cake. I don’t know that I ever really considered making a molten chocolate cake before. It’s not that I actively avoided it,...
View ArticleVD
For 270 people, love will be on a Thali at Poppy tonight. Last year I wrote quite frankly about some of the realities of St. Valenties Day, or VD as we refer to it in the industry. Poppy is in a...
View ArticleCreating within a format
Once upon a time, I was ambitious enough to teach a 3 part series on plated desserts to a group of enthusiastic amateur cooks. After all, it’s the heart of what I do, I should certainly be able to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brioche
Despite my title, I am not well versed in bread baking. It might even surprise you to hear that two days ago I baked my first brioche. In working on a dessert based on the established combination...
View ArticleYes or No?
Last night I ate dinner at one of Seattle’s newest restaurants. After the meal ended, it came time to make one last decision. To dessert, or not to dessert? Now, I know this is hardly an original...
View ArticleFollow Through
In my previous life, the one I lived before I became an adult, I played softball. “Played” isn’t really the right word, though. I lived softball. Fast pitch softball, not the slow underhanded game old...
View Article