Jenni Field's Pastry Chef Online

Dinner Divas Weekly Meal Plan: Week 10 | 5 Mains, 2 Extras

It's Dinner Divas' Weekly Meal Plan time, friends. Happy Friday--better yet, happy first Friday of Official Summer here in the Northern Hemisphere! To celebrate, we are bringing you our first Theme Week, and we're highlighting a grill-centric menu. Even our dessert is grilled. Sweet! (literally). Click Here for All the Weekly Meal Plans Start the week with these North Carolina Muffaletta sandwiches. Layer on the pickled vegetable salad like I did, or go more traditional with olive salad. ... continue reading...

Cherry Blueberry Slump | No Need to Heat the Oven for Cobbler!

Meet the cherry blueberry slump. You may also have heard it referred to as a grunt. As a matter of fact, here's my Mixed Cherry Berry Grunt recipe. You'll see how similar the two are. The main thing to know about the cherry berry slump, or any fruity dessert that has a dumpling or biscuit component is that they are pretty much all related, so don't get too hung up on the names. Just enjoy them for their sweet, homey simplicity. The Fruity Dessert Realm When you come across a fruity/biscuity ... continue reading...

Dinner Divas Weekly Meal Plan Week 9 | 5 Mains, 2 Extras

Welcome to Dinner Divas' Weekly Meal Plan, Week 9, friends! This week, we have a lovely summery menu for you. Not too meat heavy, a lot of variety, and some lovely extras that are perfect for picnics. Switch up the nights, or even switch up the weeks. With our meal plans, you'll never have to wonder again (not too hard anyway) what's for dinner! Click Here for the Dinner Divas Archives Pork Banh Mi Burgers from The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen start off the week right! The banh mi burger ... continue reading...

Gourmet BLT with Cheddar and Avocado | The Best BLTCA Around

You guys. What's the secret to making a gourmet BLT with cheddar and avocado? You have to use the best ingredients you can find, including the bread. Kid Sandwiches As a kid, I did not have the most sophisticated palate. My sandwich rotation was peanut butter and jelly, cream cheese and jelly, and peanut butter and honey. With the occasional bologna and cheese sandwich (Greg's favorite) thrown in when I was feeling fancy. Oh, and grilled cheese. And bread, butter, and sugar. You know, for ... continue reading...

Dinner Divas Weekly Meal Plan, Week 8 | 5 Mains, 2 Extras

It's Friday, and you know what that means! It's time for our 8th week of Dinner Divas Weekly Meal Plan posts! Don't forget you can grab all the menus here: Dinner Divas Weekly Meal Plan Archives This week we have a great combination of treats for you that will have your family looking forward to dinner! We start with a chopped dinner salad, skewer up some shrimp on Tuesday, grill some mondo burgers on Wednesday, make some delicious vegan chili on Thursday and enjoy seafood on Friday with soft ... continue reading...

About Me!

Hi, and welcome! I'm Jenni, the pastry chef of Pastry Chef Online, and I want to help you be fearless in the kitchen!

For years, I was a fearful cook and baker--like sweaty-neck fearful.

After years of reading cookbooks, watching cooking and baking shows, and experimenting in the kitchen, I left a 16-year special education career to attend culinary school. I landed in a wonderful fine dining restaurant in Winter Park, Florida, where everyone was fearless, playing with their food on a daily basis. It was always, "I wonder what would happen if we..." and then we'd try it and find out. By the time chef handed me a 6th pan of horseradish broth and asked me to turn it into a sorbet for an appetizer, I knew my fearful days were totally behind me!

I started this site to teach people the basic pastry methods and techniques necessary to build a solid foundation in the pastry kitchen, especially if that kitchen happens to be in your own house. Over the years, I have added hundreds of recipes to complement my technique posts. Please use this site as the resource I have built it to be, and feel free to contact me anytime. I'm happy to help you on your journey to being fearless in the kitchen!

If you're new to Pastry Chef Online, this page is a great place to start to get the lay of the land!

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