Korean BBQ at Home
It’s not quite BBQ season yet, but we’re all itching to break out the charcoal, call our friends over and…eat! Chef May (who you may have had in a Sushi or Chinese Dumplings class) hosts the best get togethers and …
Mardis Gras 101
The deep, meaty flavors of Creole jambalaya contrast the brighter tomato-based version that Cajun influences brought to the dish. Either way you make it dish, be sure to double this recipe if you plan on having more that four hungry …
Where to Buy Chocolate in Los Angeles
Chocolate isn’t just for Valentine’s Day, but knowing where to get the good stuff for a lover’s holiday is helpful. We’ve compiled a list of chocolate shops specializing in truffles, confections and toffees as well as retailers who carry specialty single origin
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How to Buy Chocolate
Chocolate runs through our blood at Gourmandise like no other ingredient. It’s there for us in the morning on a thick slice of sourdough bread, toasted and studded with milk chocolate pieces melting atop the toast like heaven on …
How to Purchase Sustainable Meat
Buying meat and poultry, whether at your farmers market or Costco, can be confusing. Labels from Organic to Grass Fed to USDA Prime tell us part of the story, but what do they tell us about the welfare of the animals, …
Dinner in 20
Our dinner routines, like most of the folks we know who work in food, are unconventional. Dinner is often a grouping of leftovers from work or a grain or starch accompanied by one of our homemade condiments. We get home …
Butterscotch makes it better.
Sugar is to butterscotch as reconstituted frozen concentrated orange juice is to a juicy navel orange. The range of flavors and nuances derived from sugar cane as it is processed into sugar are great and far from just one-note-sweet.
Shall we discuss …
Top 5 Cookie Decorating Tips
It’s time to decorate! Relax, make your cookies ahead of time and follow these easy steps to cookie perfection.
1. Use a cookie recipe that doesn’t include leaveners (such as baking soda and baking powder) for cookies that lay perfectly …
Beating the wind with bacon and beans
My favorite savory dish of the winter season is easily (after butterscotch and chocolate pudding) Cassoulet. This white bean and three-protein stew of sorts is meant to keep you warm despite the frigid blows of Provence’s Mistral winds and delivers …
Guest Blogger: Adventures in Gluten Free Baking by Stephanie Hamilton
Our Pro Pastry series is 10 weeks long and designed to teach the science behind the recipes. Each of our students works independently, which allows for a great degree of variations from person to person. Stephanie Hamilton signed up for our …