Snow Day!

No, no, not the kind NYC just had. The other kind, where you go to the snow.

On Monday, our class headed up north to Gala Yuzawa Resort in Niigata to get our ski/board on. The boys from class couldn’t make it, so Dominique and Stephan, a boulangerie teacher at LCB, were just lovin’ the ladies 🙂

And being the fantastic teacher he is, Chef D brought some of our “studies” along.  He made a pain de gênes, week-end citron and nutmeg spice cake that we devoured on the train back to Tokyo.

Thanks to Chef for the following pics!

the kings of boulangerie and pâtisserie and their bright-eyed pupil

Seiko raising the roof to gorgeous weather? It really was.

Seiko and I wiped out. Into each other.

Then she got aggressive. It looks that way, doesn't it? But I think this is when we were thanking our lucky stars for that orange netting.

The whole gang! Back (L-R): Stephan, me, Emiko, Mika, Mayu Front: Chef D, Seiko, Kiichiro (Kazuko's son), Kazuko, Mieko