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About onlinepastrychef

Former Special Education teacher turned pastry chef. Now I marry my two passions by teaching people how to cook and bake through my website, blog and my video series.

Food52sdays Recipe Inspiration: Fosemary Ciabatta with Stout Beer

What’s Food52sday? Read all about it here. I know I start all of my Food52sdays posts with “I am so excited about this week’s recipe,” so I won’t make you read that beginning again. Friends, I think that you will … Continue reading

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PMAT Live! Episode 20: 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.

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Seriously Citrus Buttercream

You know how when you have lemon icing it is…underwhelming? It tastes kind of fakey and chalky.  And then you’re sad.  Same goes for key lime.  Or any other tangy goodness, for that matter. The sharp wonderfulness of citrus seems … Continue reading

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Food52sday Recipe Interpretation: Mixed Citrus Sabayon Tart

Hello, and Happy Food52sday! What’s better than a buttery/crumbly square of shortbread topped with a layer of tangy fruit curd?  A slice, that’s what.  I really wanted to use rhubarb for the curd as in the Recipe Inspiration, but it’s … Continue reading

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Lemon Olive Oil Cake with Tarragon

I got up yesterday feeling all happy, Spring-ish and Bake-y. So, taking a “Q” from Q_thechef (who keeps on top of these things), I checked the food holidays for March 30 to see if I could bake something in Honor … Continue reading

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Food52sday Recipe Inspiration: Rhubarb Curd Shortbread

I am so excited about this week’s pick for Food52sday I can hardly stand it!  I love tart/creamy/just-sweet-enough fruit curd. Love it. Lemon. Lime. Passionfruit. You name it, I am All Over It.  So, I was Thrilled when The Beloved … Continue reading

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Sunday Supper Sojourns: Rebel Pie in Timmonsville, SC

Until Saturday, my favorite pizza was any pizza we could either bake, bring home or get delivered that I could reheat in the toaster oven the next day for exactly seven minutes with the pizza about 1 1/2″ from the … Continue reading

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News Flash: According to the FDA, Chewing Gum Is Food

Photo Credit: vikisuzan on flickr. Click picture to go straight to original photo. Wait, what?! I know. That’s what I said, too.  I got up this morning with the vague idea that I would talk about the perils of designating … Continue reading

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Food52sday Recipe Interpretation: Pasta with Kale, Blood Orange and Breadcrumbs

First of all, if you’ve never had pasta with breadcrumbs, you really should try it.  I used multi-grain bread with sunflower seeds, and the crumbs made an earthy counterpoint to the kale and pasta.  I mixed cheese right in with … Continue reading

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Food52sday Recipe Inspiration: Linguini with Breadcrumbs and Kale

What’s Food52? The Beloved and I just got back from his Birthday Weekend Getaway to the mountains of North Georgia.  We’ve been a Very Lot of times, and we always stay at Cedar House Inn and Yurts.  Because we love … Continue reading

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