PALETTE: The Boss

The Boss was in the kitchen on Tuesday sampling the zucchini. If you are new to Palette then you might not know of their new boss and owner, Phoebe

Wow so I didn't get a chance to check in with the crew at the kitchen so I peeked
at the blog and saw the fabulous Sponge Bob Square Pants Cake and

thought possibly it would arrive after I ate all of my peas,carrots, squash and

tasty oatmeal. I didn't say a word about seeing it. I mean you know how temperamental the pastry chef can be:-) Oops.. I mean..how upset she would be if it wasn't a surprise....but the surprise was on little ole me:( It wasn't for little ole me:(
I have a plan...I have three months to sneak around and find out what the Cake Mama will bake ME for my first Birthday. Did you hear that? 3 months and I will be a year old!

I decided it would be a good thing to let the Crew take off Saturday and Sunday for Memorial Day Celebrations! Thank you all who have and are now serving and protecting our Country!

In the Navy,Yes, you can sail the seven seas
In the Navy,Yes, you can put your mind at ease
In the Navy,Come on now, people, make a stand
In the Navy, in the navy, Can't you see we need a hand
In the Navy,Come on, protect the Motherland! Sing it Baby!

I had to force the Pastry Chef to take some time off for

this Memorial Day Celebrations!

Well its back to the kitchen after a great celebration.

Let me tell you a little about Palette's kitchen etiquette

when it comes to tasting the delicious fare. At any given time

there are fresh cookies coming out of the ovens, fresh fruits being

prepared and skewed, fresh sauces, soups and dips being ladled

into containers, meat loafs, fillets, chicken strips being plattered

(plattered really isn't in the dictionary but it should be because at

Palette you always can hear the Chefs calling for "this" to be plattered

or "that" to be plattered). Sorry I toddled off course of my original

subject of kitchen etiquette. Never Never NO NO do you sample the

fare or grab a cookie for hygiene reasons and Lordie you don't want

to mess up a customer's order! So with all that said the temptations

can bring the devil out of you. Oh Yes it can indeed! UH OH I think I

hear the COG rounding the corner.....

BUSTED!

Now I'll have to smooooze the COG....Think I can?

Yes I know you think it has been awhile since I've been to the kitchen but alas you must have forgotten I'm on a mission to discover the subject matter of my

birthday cake. The gang just thought I was a new employee with a bit of a shyness issue. Great plan but poor in results....I couldn't see a thing thru this

Palette cap!

I went undetected by you and the crew when I arrived disguised in my high fashion baby blues but still no clues as to what my "Cake Mama" was planning for my upcoming festivities and we all know the "Cake Mama" has put lots of

thoughts into this shindig so I was extremely disappointed when I left without a clue.

Determined to find out what "Cake Mama" was planning I stooped to dressing as an animal I mean I guess a rabbit is an animal all my books I have show rabbits in zoos and farms but the rabbits I'm familiar with come in baskets and are covered in chocolate but I'd try anyway. Desperate I grabbed the furry ears totally forgetting to remove the tag and hopped my way to the kitchen. I no sooner arrive there when I over hear a conversation on how to prepare

Welsh Rabbit! I believe I am a blend of Irish and English but I for sure didn't want to be mistaken for a Welsh and end up in the cooking pot!

11 days and counting....

still no clues what my "Cake Mama"

has in store for my birthday cake!

Dish on the left is obviously my empty duckie bowl and on the right is my duckie bowl filled with fresh raspberries from the vine right outside of Palette. I was privileged to eat the entire bowl. I have a weakness for this tasty morsel. You ask "what does this have to do with my birthday cake?" I bet you thought you would see a Dora the Exployer cake or maybe Mickey Mouse but no my cake was specialized just for me and my obsession for RASPBERRIES!

I was up early on my birthday and I looked for a cake but all I saw were paper pom pom raspberries hanging from the ceiling in the dining room and decorations strewn from the front yard to the back. Since I wasn't the center of attention at the moment and there was no birthday cake in sight I decided to take a long nap.