I had the great fortune to attend two of the master classes held during the recent World Gourmet Summit. One was by Fabrice Danniel from le Cordon Bleu school in Thailand, and the other is by the Picasso of Dessert - Monsieur Pierre Herme! I have heard so much about him, and have written as much, if not more about him too, so it was quite exciting for me to see him in action.

	Le Cordon Bleu just opened a school in Bangkok and so they were trying to do a lot of publicity. This is the only class that gave away door gifts. I got a towel and a wooden ladle from Le Cordon Bleu!

	Ha! Ha! The man himself - Monsieur Pierre Herme. A very quiet unassuming guy, but quite funny too. Apparently Madame Herme was in the audience too and that was why he was smiling and chatty all the time.

	Tres bien! I got my cookbook signed by Pierre Herme. Now I just have to find a buyer tee hee hee.

	Have been baking a lot nowadays, basically every Sat, Sun, Mon and Tue. The problem is I get too tired to take photos of the things I make everytime. Tsk Tsk. The above is an apple torte with walnut crumble. It was popular and was finished within half an hour reaching the office.

	Really, it is very nice, if I may say so too.		A friend wanted strawberry shortcake. I decided to invent my own. Tah dah!		A square shortcake with strawberries baked in a cloud of "meringue". Meringue in "" because I added cream to make it more custard-like.

	I did a strawberry salad with passion fruit dressing to go with the tart.		The feedback was that the passion fruit was too sour. I thought it helped to tone down the sweetness of the custard.		I broke the custard to show you the huuuggggeee strawberry in the center.