Peppermint Éclairs: Guest Posting at A Culinary Journey with Chef Dennis

Hi folks. Well today is a special day for me. I can be found over at A Culinary Journey with Chef Dennis today. I have to say I was so thrilled Chef Dennis asked me. I was also seriously nervous. I do not usually get uptight over food. Yet I found myself struggling to decide what to make. I finally settled on these beautiful éclairs. I have never made them before, to be quite honest I don't do well with pastry in general. I was told rather bluntly once by my son that I am a better cook than baker. He's not wrong. While I love to bake more I have issues as it goes against my free wheeling style. Baking and particularly pastry is so precise, it's a science really when you get right down to it. So for me being the kind of person who does not measure, does not level and does not follow rules this poses a challenge. I knew going into this it might not work out so I had a back up ready just in case. I mean a girl's gotta plan ahead right. Well the baking went really well I must say. Yet the photos fell short this time. We had dismal weather, no sun at all. So I used my artificial light but it's too harsh. I've had some help tweaking pictures as my software skills are lacking. So thank you Ann and Chef Dennis for helping me make my food look as good as it tastes.

I hope you all will take the time to pop over to A Culinary Journey with Chef Dennis today. This man is a class act. Always so helpful and kind. He was the first person at Foodbuzz to reach out to me. Since then he's become not only a mentor but a friend. If you have not read his Ask Chef Dennis series you must check it out. For those of us who are new it is so helpful to have someone who is willing to share information and help others out. Add to that this man can cook like no one's business. I am always blown away by what he creates. So make sure you pop over to check out my éclairs. While you are there make sure you hit the follow button.

So rush over folks to see my Peppermint Éclairs. I shall see you there.

Toodles and smoochies.xx