100 boxes of cookies...

Today we will be placing all the cookies we have made into party favor boxes, 100 of them... The boxes are small and delicate and each one with have three different types of cookies in them. The cookies are: Wasabi Ginger Chocolate, Basil Lemon, and Pumpkin Parmesan. Each box with have a tiny bow to hold the lid closed... Its going to be a very long day; however its worth it for our clients. I'm pretty sure she's going to love it!! Well have to get started on things!! Hope all is well for you! \
Thank for Reading!

-Ioanna & Raven
Pique Season Cuisine
www.wix.com/piqueseasoncuisine/catering
www.youtubue.com/user/piqueseasoncuisine
http://twitter.com/#!/PiqueSeasonC
piqueseasoncuisine@gmail.com

Find us on Facebook!
piqueseasoncuisine@gmail.com

Early Bird Makes The Brioche!

Brioche is a highly enriched French pastry/bread with a very very high content of eggs and butter. It is light and in my words fluffy, but you could use the term airy. Its commonly eaten for breakfast or a sweet snack. Brioche itself has been used mostly for desserts/snacks normally adding a filling of chocolate or fruit. But I have used it myself as a savory bread. For example we are going to be making portobello brioche sliders for the November party that's coming up, as well as making pumpkin caramel bread pudding with it as well. We are so excited for this party!! Did I mention its for 90 people!! And 18 Courses!!? Its going to be one very amazing experience! Make sure to go to our Facebook account and website, we'll be uploading pictures... And don't forget to follow us on Twitter, I will be tweeting the entire time we are up there, letting everyone know what's going right and wrong and how it turns out!!!
Well speaking of Brioche, I need to start taking it out of the fridge to punch it down, place them in their pans, and letting them sit out for two hours before baking them!! Yeah!
Thanks for Reading!!

-Ioanna and Raven
Pique Season Cuisine
www.wix.com/piqueseasoncuisine/catering
www.youtube.com/user/piqueseasoncuisine
http://twitter.com/#!/PiqueSeasonC
piqueseasoncuisine@gmail.com

Find Us On Facebook!
Pique Season Cuisine
piqueseasoncuisine@gmail.com

Well...

We now have a Twitter Account as well, and in the process of having a Facebook Account, I was not aware how long it takes to upload pictures on Facebook, but we will have that up shortly I hope... I'm happy to have done this so that we can have more interactions with clients, future clients and people who just want to know whats going on with us, if they have any questions on how to make something or if they want a video to be made so they can read and see visually how something is made... I know I'm a visual person, if I cant see how something is done its very difficult for me to get it. Raven on the other hand does really well when its written or explained verbally. Which just makes it clear that everyone learns and absorbs things differently. Hope to hear from you soon!!!

BTW we are so excited for the November Party!! Its almost here!!! 18 Courses for 90 people!! Wow!! Largest Party Yet!
Thanks for Reading!!

-Ioanna and Raven
Pique Season Cuisine
www.wix.com/piquesesaoncuisine/catering
www.youtube.com/user/piqueseasoncuisine
http://twitter.com/#!/PiqueSeasonC
piqueseasoncuisine@gmail.com

What we have come up with...

Well we had a lot of fun playing around with new cookie ideas... We didn't get the chance to do the Macaroons, but we do plan on trying it soon... I think we are making ourselves busy on purpose so that we don't have to attempt another batch again... But that's just a theory of mine... Looks like our winning cookies for our November party are:
1. Chocolate Chip Cookies "However the chip it self is dark chocolate with ginger and wasabi... yum"
2. Lemon Basil Cookies "These cookies have the perfect burst of citrus and an herbal yum at the end"
3. Pumpkin Parmesan Cookies "These cookies are amazing, I have to give Raven full credit for these babies. They are beyond words, if I had to choose a word... 'FOODGASIM' would be the one. ;) The play of flavors from the earthy squash to that nutty buttery cheese is a wonderful combination!"

So what cookies have you played with, what's the weirdest combination you have ever tried or even thought of?
Thanks for reading! Hope your baking day is a happy one!

-Ioanna and Raven
Pique Season Cuisine
www.wix.com/piqueseasoncuisine/catering
www.youtube.com/user/piqueseasoncuisine
piqueseasoncuisine@gmail.com

Cookies!!

We are Test Kitchening today!! And its all about Brioche and Cookies!! The Brioche is a very easy tasty bread to make, its just very time consuming... And when I say time consuming, I mean two days... But can't wait to bake and eat it! We made the first half of the batch yesterday and today we get to bake it off! We are also making cookies, shhhhh can't tell you what they all are yet, but I can give you a hint... it involves Herbs and Vegetables!! Yup! Things that are meant to be Savory but now are going to be turned into a dessert! Yes!! We love working with challenges like this! By the way we are also going to make an additional attempt to make Macaroons again! Lets hope that it works out this time, we have done so much research about these cookies that I think that I can write a book on Macaroons, the title "100 Ways To Screw Up Your Cookie"... Think its a good title? Maybe I should stay away from writing that book. Anyway I'll make sure to let everyone knows how it goes today, cant wait to sample everything!! Wish you could too!
Speaking of you readers about sampling, Raven and I are planning on doing a probono party for new testers and hopefully future clients. We haven't had the time to sit down and write down the details, such as food, place, time and date... But we do know that we are going to do it. It basically means that its free food for you and all we ask in return is to be honest with what you think with our food and spread the word about us!! So once Raven and I have it all figured out we'll make sure to keep you in the loop!! As always, Thank you so much for reading!!

-Ioanna and Raven
Pique Season Cuisine
www.wix.com/piqueseasoncuisine/catering
www.youtube.com/user/piqueseasoncuisine
piqueseasoncuisine@gmail.com

Baby Shower

We did our first Baby Shower, the mother to be is a sweetheart and soon to have a little girl. We made what she wanted and that was Lasagna Rolls. We did an all cheese, a ground beef, and a vegetable. Along with a mix green salad with an option of yogurt caesar dressing and a balsamic vinaigrette. Home made garlic bread and of course a cake. I'm happy to report that the party went very well, the guest and herself loved the food and were overall pleased with us. She has already hired us for her little girls first Birthday Party. We can't wait to do it next year!!
Thank you for reading!

-Ioanna and Raven
Pique Season Cuisine
www.wix.com/piqueseasoncuisine/catering
www.youtube.com/user/piqueseasoncuisine
piqueseasoncuisine@gmail.com

Yet Another Macaroons Gone Wrong...

Well we tried making macaroons again, after the Seventh attempt we finally figured out what we were doing wrong... At least I hope we figured out what we were doing wrong... We ran out of Almond powder so we didn't have the supplies to attempt another batch... We think that we were over whisking the Meringue... We were whisking it to stiff peaks, which in fact apparently its has to be at a snowy soft peak... So we plan on going for a third round of macaroons on Monday, hoping that we can research enough to get these babies done right... Thank Goodness that we have time to master this technique before the November party! Please if you have any tips we would love to write them down!!
Thank You For Reading!!!

-Ioanna and Raven
Pique Season Cuisine
www.wix.com/piqueseasoncuisine/catering
www.youtube.com/user/piqueseasoncuisine
piqueseasoncuisine@gmail.com