PMAT Live! Episode 2a: The Way to Weigh, or Why and How You Should Use a...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97e70_roark&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b]Video is an amazing thing. It catches a snapshot in time. A moving snapshot, but a...
View ArticleDue to Perseverence of Sisyphusian Proportions, I Give You PMAT Live! Episode...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekm0-TA85u8&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b]Friends, after much gnashing of teeth and brandishing of Clenched Fist and cursing and...
View ArticleFinally, the Long-Awaited, Much Anticipated PMAT Live! Episode 4: How to Do...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SE0BOCJSK4&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b]Well, maybe you haven’t been waiting for it, but I’ve certainly been stymied at every...
View ArticlePMAT Live! Episode 9: Behind the Curtain–Crepes Dentelle or Watch Jenni Make...
The lovely Huda asked for my help a couple of weeks ago. She wanted, nay needed, to learn to make Crepes Dentelle. Only one problem–I had never heard of them. Now, I freely admit that a couple of...
View ArticlePMAT Live, Episode 10: Plate-Apalooza, or Dessert Plating Tutorial
Sometimes plating a dish can be the most daunting part of making a dish. You want it to look beautiful, but you’re just not sure how to do it. I’ve been there. I am still there, on occasion. So, I...
View ArticlePMAT Live! Episode 11: Cinnamon Rolls, Baby!
If you follow me on Twitter, you might have noticed that I had a bit of a Hankering for cinnamon rolls on Friday. Well, I made them and Documented (almost) Every Step. So, without further ado, I...
View ArticlePMAT Live! Episode 13: Working with Puff Pastry–The Riveting Conclusion to...
I finally pulled myself together enough to finish the second part of the puff pastry video. Once you see it, you will see where I Really Mess Up. I debated about leaving all that out (editing is a...
View ArticleMild Coconut Cake and How to Cover a Cake with Fondant
You asked for it; you got it! Here’s the video I made showing how to cover a cake with fondant, how to smooth it out and trim it. I hope you find it useful. The cake is from Carole Walter’s wonderful...
View ArticlePMAT Live! Episode 22: How to Glaze a Cake
Or more to the point, how to get the right consistency of glaze so that it’s nice and thick but still flows. Why do this? Well, for one thing, it just looks lovely to have an opaque glaze. I don’t...
View ArticleDueling Pound Cakes, or Using the Creaming Method to Make Pound Cake
You guys know that I’m all about the basics, right? How ingredients function, how to get them to do what I want them to do, how to mix them properly—all of these Science-y things that most folks find...
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