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Block of puff pastry, floured and ready to be rolled out

Chopped thyme to be sprinked onto sheet of puff pastry

Thyme leaves taken off the stem, ready to be chopped

Grating a block of Gruyère cheese

Grating a block of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese with a microplane

Cheese Straws I made cheese straws this morning because I missed how tasty and savoury they were and when I made them for my party a few weeks ago I only ate one Here's a bundle of thyme I cut from my garden

Served with a dollop of whipped cream and a dusting of icing sugar. Delicious :)

How high they rose

Finished soufflés out of the oven

Mugs filled with soufflé mixture

Folding egg whites into chocolate base

Whipping egg whites

Melted chocolate mixed with four egg yolks and a couple tablespoons of Grand Marnier

Melting 4 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate over a double-boiler

My first attempt at a chocolate soufflé Actually my first attempt at a soufflé of any kind. It was supposed to be baked in six 1-cup ramekins but I didn't have any in that size so I used 4 oven-safe mugs instead. It worked better anyway since there are four of us in my family. Mugs buttered...

Damn I wish I could take advantage of my Asian-ness and read Chinese, but sadly I was raised in Canada :P

Here's my steak perfectly done medium-rare.

I made the pan-seared rib-eye steak today again for dinner, but this time the steaks were thicker and from Costco instead of Dominion (I think Costco is the best place for meat). I also made it for my mom and my brother+girlfriend since the steaks came in a pack of three. Pictured is my Mom's...

Cheese Straws :) http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/cheese-straws-recipe/index.html

Chicken with Forty Cloves of Garlic Here you go =). I recommend printing it out on paper instead of using the cookbook because the pages will get ruined if you brown the chicken when the cookbook is near the pot since the oil splatters quite a bit. I love Ina Garten's recipes. They're almost...