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Spicy Maryland Crab Soup Soup needs love..it doesn’t take rocket science to make a soup, but to make a GOOD soup…it takes a little TLC. I loveeeeee soup.. and love to make soup, a good soup will please the soul!! Here is an homage to my love for soup making and some steps i took to...

Pork Tenderloin Hor d’ ourve’s with sugar coated grapes. First of all, lets see… A couple of things I should have done that I didn’t do and why. 1.) Trussing the tenderloin- Stuffed or unstuffed tenderloins should always be trussed to help form it evenly so that during the cooking process…it...

SEAFOOD POT-PIES! I made this for Easter Dinner for my family. This was my first attempt at a pot pie. I have made puff-pastry dough for Pate en Croutes and I have made bread in my Baking and Pastry classes. I didn't use a recipe for this, I glanced at some pot pie recipes as a guideline prior...

GARDE MANGER FINAL BANQUET This was for our lab final. What we had to do was to come up with a menu containing four items that would be served to the public (friends/family/coworkers/etc.) in a cold style of banquet. Meaning, no hot plates, no chaffing pans, nothing to keep items warm…all the...

For my Garde Manger class we got to do ice sculpting today..so from 8 am til around 1 we got to carve ice blocks. Now, originally I was in a group and we picked to do a skull on a pedestal which would kind of look like crystal when all said and done, and would look good in 3-dimensional. For...

Shrimp Ceviche (Cebiche or Seviche) An international seafood dish that originated in South/Central Americas, Latin & Caribbean cultures. Ceviche must be prepared fresh and strictly using only fresh ingredients to prevent food poisoning. Ceviche is made from raw fish that is marinated in...

Ohhh Pate’s, Terrines & Galantines… an interesting take on the culinary world. Quite the process of making food as well.. Dealing with Aspic Gelee gives things a wierd mouth feel for my preferance in certain cases and situations. We have been working on plate presentations where we cover the...

alright, so i am taking culinary classes and one of which is a 'introduction to baking and pastry production' so its all about making it from scratch.. We have a semester long doughnut competition where each class time a different person makes a doughnut of whatever style, flavors, etc. So far...

Hey everyone. Found this as an app for my new phone. I currently live in maryland and love to cook. I attend a community college studying culinary arts and will be transferring to art institute this summer hope I can pick up some useful things on this site thanks for having me