Posts by Mezzaluna

Hello Germaux! We have a lot of pastry people here, and we're happy to greet a candy maker and (I think) chocolatier. The Professional Pastry forum is a great place to hang out, but don't overlook the general forums, archives, photo...

Welcome, Benjaminblank! We're happy you found us. I'm a bit confused by your title, "home chef". Are you a (professional) chef between gigs, or a home cook (like me)? I'm always eager to hear where people got there initial inspiration...

Welcome to Chef Talk, KeightieH. I was recently in your area at a convention. Unfortunately I had no opportunity to take any culinary side trips, but I'll definitely return to explore.   Thank you for joining us, too. There...

As a home cook I see the cupcake trend ending as a good thing. Nobody sees these 500 calorie carb bombs as bad things if they're "pretty". Once I started seeing "cakelet" baker gadgets (sort of like waffle irons) in home goods stores,...

Hi Frank, and welcome to Chef Talk. If you hang out here in the Culinary Students' forum, and also use the search tool, you'll discover others in the same boat as you. Good luck to you! Determination is an asset you can't get from a...

Welcome to Chef Talk, Chefdarrylf. You'll be happy with what you find here, I'm sure: mentors, people who learn from your years of experience, validation for what you know, etc. Besides the forums we have cooking articles, reviews of...

Welcome to Chef Talk, Jennio11! This is a wonderful place to learn new things and share what you've learned as you develop your skills in the kitchen.    I hope you'll make use of the search tool because many of the...

RPro, don't miss the archives of the Special Guest Forums, where Bruce Aidells talks about making sausage and other arts of charcuterie. Between your post and Chef Dubiard's post, my mouth is watering!   As Ishbel said,...

Moving this to the Culinary Schools/Students forum........

Welcome, Chef! We have a good number of culinary instructors here; you'll find it easy to connect with them. You'll also find we have a lot of students, but fear not: we don't do their homework for them!  If you use the...