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Ma Maison enters a gingerbread competition

posted by Lemon Tart on 2011.11.28, under Baking, experiment, lesson learned, lessons, Made in Toronto, Photos, pics, seasonal food, Skills

11.28.11

Just in time for the holidays, the Ma Maison team decided to enter a fierce but fun gingerbread competition. The rules were simple, make “something” out of gingerbread was basically all we were told. The construction had to be 2x2x2 feet and everything except the base had to be edible. Ma Maison came up with the idea of a bakery and although our results didn’t win the prize, a few great lessons were learned in the process. Here is what was created and some of the competitiors

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The pig cake

posted by Lemon Tart on 2011.07.07, under Baking, experiment, food, Food pic, food pics, lesson learned, lessons, Photos, pics

07.07.11

I’m very proud to announce that I have completed my very first novelty cake all by my lonesome. Six or so hours later and 2 kg of butter, 18 eggs and a tonne of red food colouring later, I give you the pig!

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“Le” running shoe

posted by Lemon Tart on 2011.03.01, under Baking, experiment, Food pic, food pics, Good Food

03.01.11

Just thought we’d give good ol’ Cake Boss a run for his money… or try at least! The cake is completely edible, constructed from a simple chocolate génoise filled with chocolate buttercream…. oh and it feeds 30 people easily!

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Macarons

posted by Lemon Tart on 2010.09.30, under Baking, food, Food pic, food pics, Great Food, lesson learned, lessons, Photos

09.30.10

Having always been fascinated about the art of making macarons, I’m proud to put up this little post as a tutorial for those wanting to try this process out. Just to clarify, I’m not talking about those fairly disappointing and overly sweet coconut confections but about the colourful and extremely flavourful french macarons. A thick and shiny shell, a gooey meringue and a silky ganache are only a few of the important attributes of a perfect macaron. So here are the instructions to making your own:

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Great beginnings…

posted by Lemon Tart on 2010.07.27, under lesson learned, lessons, stuff

07.27.10

I’ve always been passionate about food and I do feel like I’ve definitely enjoyed it more than those around me. It doesn’t only nourish me but it makes all problems better, cheers me up, calms me down, excites me, and if it was a person, it’d be my soul mate. It wasn’t until recently that I gave in to these thoughts and decided to take it to the next level. I’m soon coming up to my two year anniversary of being a part of the culinary industry and it’s been an amazing ride thus far.

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Pickled Asparagus

posted by Lemon Tart on 2010.06.13, under Canning, experiment, lessons, Preserves, recipes, seasonal food

06.13.10

Here we go with our first pickling date of the season!

Asparagus is out in full force and on a pretty solid whim, we decided to stock up and rip into a pickling frenzy.

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DIY Sous Vide Challenge

posted by 1Crudite on 2010.02.16, under experiment, lessons, Mouthy Bits, Uncategorized

02.16.10

Evan and I are looking to build a DIY sous vide machine. We are sourcing the parts and are just about to ready to rock and roll. If anyone is interested in playing with us, drop us a line…
Here’s what we’ve come up with so far:

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