Day 2 International Chef’s Congress

On Monday I took the bus across town which was super easy.  Practically door to door.
The opener for the day was Jordi Butron of Espai Sucre who opened with a question on the difference between Store pastries and Restaurant plated desserts.  He gave us a little history of the restaurant dessert.
In the seventies and before [...]

Day 1 of the International Chefs Congress 08 in NYC

I just got back on Wednesday afternoon and I would have started this post sooner except my computer died while I was gone.  It has been whirring, making heavy breathing sounds and in overall poor humor for a few months.  The screen went out even though we could still hear the ever so recognizable MS [...]