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It's Friday! I'm so excited! First, it's the weekend. Second, I took a test today and am starting to get caught up on other school stuff. Third, Brian, Lorie, Lauren and Emily get here tomorrow and will be visiting for a whole week! Yay! Today in class we made fruit tarts using our pate brisee from Thursday. First, we blind baked the tart (means to bake it all the way through with nothing in it) and then we filled it with lightened pastry cream and arranged concentric circles of fruit on top. The fruits are then glazed using an apricot glaze (called "nappage"). We also made some individual tarts, but unfortunately fruit was in short supply, so my small tarts are a little boring.






One of my pastry classmates (Madeline) graduated from Culinary Management tonight, so a few of us from class went to her graduation at 5:30 and then our group of friends all went out in Manhattan. Todd met up with us when he was done working. We had lots and lots of fun! The weather is starting to get nice................ Have a great weekend!