Friday, March 22, 2013

Foods of the Americas - Central America/Yucatan

Foods of the Americas - Central America/Yucatan
Shrimp ceviche. Punto de Lomo con Chimichirri (steak with Chimichirri sauce). Venezuelan Arepas (corn cakes). Guava and cream cheese filled empanadas.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Foods of the Americas - North/Central Mexico

Foods of the Americas - North/Central Mexico
Sopa de Lima (chicken tortilla soup with lime). Budin de Elote (corn pudding). Red Snapper Veracruz with Arroz Achiote (rice) and a jicama salad on top. Sopapillas for dessert.

Foods of the Americas - Texas/Southwest

Foods of the Americas - Texas/Southwest
Chili con Carne. Chicken fried steak with gravy, mashed potatoes and green bean & beet salad. Forgot to take a picture of the churros, but they weren't very good.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Foods of the Americas - New Orleans Cajun/Creole

Foods of the Americas - New Orleans Cajun/Creole
Oysters Rockefeller. Chicken, Sausage and shrimp gumbo. Creole Fried trout with cream corn and red beans/rice. Beignets for dessert.

Friday, March 15, 2013

Foods of the Americas - South Florida/Caribbean

Foods of the Americas - South Florida/Caribbean
Calaloo soup with crab. Grilled jerk chicken with roasted potatoes, fried plantains and rice & beans. Key lime pie for dessert.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Foods of the Americas - East Coast/Low Country

Foods of the Americas - East Coast/Low Country
Crab cake, she-crab soup, shrimp with grits and roasted cauliflower. For dessert bread pudding with creme anglaise.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Foods of the Americas - New England

Foods of the Americas - New England
Endive salad, clam chowder, baked cod with Boston baked beans and blueberry pandowdy with vanilla ice cream.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Foods of the Americas - Midwest

Foods of the Americas - Midwest
Beer cheese soup, braised short ribs with wasabi mashed potatoes and green bean casserole and apple cobbler

Monday, March 11, 2013

Foods of the Americas - Pacific Northwest

Foods of the Americas - Pacific Northwest
Green salad with blackberry vinegarette and hazelnut crusted goat cheese. Fisherman's Stew with mussels, clams and bass. Cedar plank salmon with brown rice and eggplant.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Baking - Day 5

Baking - Day 5
Last day of baking, we made cakes and icing. Which one is mine? It's the one that says BMF.

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Baking - Day 4

Baking - Day 4
More sweets today. We made Biscotti, chocolate chip cookies, cream puffs and finished our cherry pies from yesterday.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Baking - Day 3

Baking - Day 3
Quickly learning that baking is not my strong suit (or some others in my class). We finished the creme brûlée, made lemon custard tartlets and were also supposed to have cherry pie but we didn't get them all done. Maybe tomorrow.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Baking - Day 2

Baking - Day 2
Creme Brûlée (sans crunchy top) and Fococcia bread. We also made vanilla ice cream that is not in the picture.

Monday, March 4, 2013

Baking - Day 1

Baking - Day 1
Baguettes, various dinner rolls and white bread.