early present?

The Chron's Top 100 wine list leaked out this morning. It was posted online before the print version hit newsstands. As a result,...

the downside of food

Spent Thanksgiving in a cabin near Bass Lake. Dinner included 37 people, two turkeys, 10 pies, nine salads, three kinds of stuffing,...

baking

My mother took a cake decorating class when we lived in Georgia. I was 4 or 5 years old. She had a set of frosting tips -- so many...

... and try again.

Spent the past week rethinking my cupcake strategy and pinpointing where I went wrong with my previous red velvet attempt.I tried...

in the raw

I can’t believe I ate this.I know steak tartare is considered a delicacy. I also know that the friend who prepared it at last night’s...

(not) seeing red

Given that this blog is called "petit gâteau," you would think I was a hardcore baker.Ha! And double ha!Right now, I am in my kitchen,...