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(1st photo - The French Culinary Institute in NY, 2nd photo - that's me with Dorie Greenspan, 3rd photo - Elisa Strauss doing a demo of her cake bag)

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I had initially signed on to the 2008 Pastry Scoop Conference because of Ron Ben-Israel's class

but i was in for more great surprises as the day progressed. My second class was taught by Elisa Strauss of Confetti Cakes. Oh my goodness... the class was great, entertaining and full of information.... the woman is like the energizer bunny! She was full of enery and talent! She even mentioned that when she guested on the Martha Stewart show, Martha told her that she was too loud... and coming from Martha, you know that's not a good thing (everyone knows Ms. M never wants to be upstaged by anyone!).

The third class was a really surprise treat for me. Meeting Dorie Greenspan was inspirational. She is another wonderful baker and cookbook author. When i approached her after the class, she was totally amazed when i told her i had come from the Philippines.

Too bad, i wasn't able to buy Elisa and Dorie's books earlier.... the other participants lined up to get their autographs. I would have done that too.... its only when i meet baking "greats" that i get star-struck.