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Kerry Beal

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7 hours ago, FrogPrincesse said:

 

Does anybody know if this is related the same principle as Herve This' chocolate chantilly (which predates the water ganache)? Just curious.

Sort of - but Herve is whipping it and Paul is just making a ganache from it.

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13 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

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Donald (the Guittard chef) has a lovely garden outside.

 

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Chocolates for the 150th anniversary.

 

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150th anniversary of what?

 

Cooking is cool.  And kitchen gear is even cooler.  -- Chad Ward

Whatever you crave, there's a dumpling for you. -- Hsiao-Ching Chou

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Chocolates for the 150th anniversary.

 

They are a buttermilk ganache with sourdough crumbs on the outside.

 

 

 

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We dropped around to our friend Christine's new shop (Milla Chocolates) which had opened today. 

 

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She does lovely panned products and one of her signatures is very thin dried orange slices. She sells little jars of them - hard to see in these pictures. 

 

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Here are slices incorporated into a bar.

 

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These are the speakers on the wall.

 

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And of course I had to sneak out back a capture a picture of her EZtemper in situ.

 

 

 

 

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Totally bagged last night - I didn't post all the pictures of our day. 

 

 

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The Guittard studio has every ingredient known to man. These are a bunch of peppers from Akesson's. 

 

 

 

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A water ganache with Myer's rum and salted caramel.

 

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Prep before we started.

 

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The making of the salted caramel.

 

 

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Dinner after leaving Milla Chocolates at a place called Public School across from our hotel.

 

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Guavalajara for me.

 

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A manhattan variation I can't recall the name of.

 

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A Moscow Mule with another name.

 

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The calamari at the table next to us!

 

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Steak Tacos for me.

 

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Fish and chips for @Chocolot

 

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Thai shrimp salad for @Gwbyls

 

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Burger and parmesan fries for @TandemChocoPC

 

 

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5 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

The calamari at the table next to us!

 

 I do not understand this sentence.  

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Love to see my town in pictures! We have a lot of fun moderately priced restaurants in town :) 

 

Check out Little Fatty for a chef's take on Taiwanese american food in Culver City (and the attached Accomplice Bar).

 

Father's Office (Culver City)  The bar that launched the burger craze in LA years ago has incredible food (smoked eel salad) with a nice patio as well as beer/wine/cocktails

 

Sawtelle/Japantown/Little Osaka is also not far away 

 

Gjusta (Venice) defines the LA food scene for me with incredible produce, in house bread/ pastry program, Cured fish, smoked meats, good coffee and eclectic atmosphere 

 

Enjoy!!

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6 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

Admiral Ackbar's table.

 I had to look this up. That’s what you get for not being a Star Wars fan.

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Anna Nielsen aka "Anna N"

...I just let people know about something I made for supper that they might enjoy, too. That's all it is. (Nigel Slater)

"Cooking is about doing the best with what you have . . . and succeeding." John Thorne

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With a bit of a rush to the airport hotel for @Gwbyls and to the airport for me - we went out in search of a bite.

 

Never having tried a Chipotle - it seemed time. 

 

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Next time - think I'll hold out for the In and Out Burger or Five Guys.

 

 

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