Date: December 10, 2013
To: Professor Akana
From: Darlene Mariano
Subject: Anna Nurse Workshop Memo
The presenter at the workshop was Chef James Peterson. He is an award winning cookbook author who demonstrated the preparation of lobster with puffed pastry and a beurre blanc sauce. Chef James Peterson’s demonstration taught me quite a bit. His demonstration with the lobster showed everyone how to tell the difference between a male and a female lobster and how to take the meat out of the lobsters. He also told the audience how to make lobster butter through using the leftover lobster shells. He also went through a detailed demonstration of how to make puff pastry. He showed how much time and attention is needed when preparing it because puff pastry is very fragile. The overall dish tasted great. The puff pastry and the lobster with the beurre blanc sauce all tasted wonderful, well at least the tiny portion that I got did. I really enjoyed his demonstration, but I wasn’t one of the audience members who got an entire plate to themselves to taste.
