Oh. My. Yum.

I'm officially half way through my third quarter, woohoo!! This quarter is keeping me busy though.  If I'm not at school or doing something school related, I am sleeping.  I slept 13 hours today, and I could probably sleep some more if I had the time. But it's almost the weekend, as of 10:30pm and then I can sleep for 2 days straight. Haven't made anything too terribly fantastic in the last week but there were a few highlights.

 This was a German Wine from the "Old World" section in my Bev ID class.  It's a Riesling and I loved it! Which was pretty surprising because I don't really like white wines at all.  I have found some that I can tolerate, but I could sit down and drink this whole bottle haha. It is a dry, "fruit forward" wine.  So you get the fruity flavors without all the sweetness. Pretty dang good!

 This was my first attempt at fondant, and I wasn't very impressed with my skills.  Obviously I have time to get better, but I expect more from myself.  There are some cracks that you can't see but I promise they are there.  I also got to make gumpaste flowers (calla lillies) and that was fun.  I really like doing all that stuff.  We have convinced Chef Hunter to have a gumpaste flower day on a saturday in semptember so that will be a lot of fun! This cake was ok but kind of bland.  It is probably the last one I will bring home, because I'd rather make the cakes than eat them haha.

 Bread, however, is a different story.  I can't stop eating it! This was the bread I made this week and it was. so. good! It is a Rosemary Pesto Sourdough. I smuggled a big loaf of it home and I'm sure it will be gone by tomorrow.  This was super easy to make and turned out wonderful.  I will be making this again at home for sure!

This was just a marble rye bread that my friend Emily made.  It was very moist and airy but I think it needed a little more salt. If it was fixed, I think it'd be great when it's still hot with butter all over it!

Today we are making Pumpernickel, NY Deli Rye, Traditional Sourdough, and Sesame Semolina. I liked most of the breads from last night so hopefully tonight goes just as well!

In the next couple of weeks I have a lot of projects coming up, two wedding cakes and a dead dough sculpture! And I'm also redoing my restaurant which is now a bistro. Hopefully everything turns out well enough that I don't mind sharing more pictures! :)