Lately

Here's a new way to make a fruit platter.


Here's a new way to present a traditional Fall cheese tray. Find a cookie cutter in your favorite leaf shape and start cutting.


I made calzones from scratch. I made the Italian sausage, sauce, dough, the works. I'll post the dough recipe. It's very simple.


I carved ice, with chain saws and chisels and everything.


Here's what I carved, a leaf and acorn.


We re-tiled the laundry room floor, which was also covered with carpet.


Because this is what we found, mold!


I busted out my Wizard of Oz nutcrackers so I could introduce the wonderful world to my niece and nephew.

And now for the main event...

I had my Garde Manger final. Garde Manger is the section of the kitchen that makes hor dourves, salads, and sandwiches. We were each in charge of a table of appetizers for the presidential scholarship ball at UVU. I chose to do salmon. Here are some pictures of what I made.


Smoked Salmon Platter


The three sauces I made from scratch: Tartar Sauce, Remoulade Sauce, and Cocktail Sauce.


My show platter. I baked the salmon whole, skinned the front half and layed thinly sliced cucumbers for scales. It's not necessarily how I'd present the fish for a party at home, ya know, fish staring you in the face, but the effect is neat.