James Beard Award-winning Cookbook Author
Years ago, when I was the National Spokesperson for Cuisinarts, Inc., I developed a recipe, “Yogurt and Jalapeño Corn Bread” for the food processor. I demonstrated it all over the country and people raved about it. As the years passed, I lost track of the …
Teaching at Rancho La Puerta is always full of surprises. The guests who sign up for my classes are a diverse group of extremely accomplished people from all walks of life. But in the kitchen, we’re all equals, because in the time we have together there is one aim: to cook a menu of seven recipes in two hours and to sit and enjoy the meal together. Cooking is all about the pleasures of the table and the sense of community it fosters.
At my first class, Dana Shaltry, a pediatric orthodontist, volunteered to make the dessert, a rustic French pear galette. I had demonstrated how to make the ground almond bases and pastry with a food processor, and Dana took it from there. He rolled the dough into a rough circle, cut the pears into thin slices, and arranged the fruit beautifully over the ground almonds.
The History of Burnt Basque Cheesecake. The original recipe comes from La Viña, a café in San Sebastian located in Spain’s Basque region. What I’ve read says that in 1990, the chef, Santiago Rivera, began baking a new type of cake each day. Eventually, he …
The cake has a light melt-in-your-mouth texture, and the ginger flavor and aroma lured me in immediately.
Chiffon cakes are similar to sponge cakes, but the addition of oil gives them a tender, fine crumb.
The hallmark of a well-made Pavlova is a crisp meringue exterior with a marshmallow-like interior.
This spicy gingerbread has an especially light and tender texture.
What makes these stuffed eggplants Italian is cooked farro, Romano cheese, and pine nuts.
A quick-mix batter with flavors of Hawaii: pineapple, coconut oil, fresh ginger, and vanilla.
This recipe is from Greg’s interview with Maria Elena Flores from Chihuahua, Mexico.
This adaptation of a recipe from the 1959 Farm Journal Country Cookbook makes a great gift for holiday giving.
Gifts of apples, zucchini and farm eggs lead to a moist bread good for passing the gift along!
Pound cakes and I became friends in 1976. I remember the time precisely because that’s the year I bought “Maida Heatter’s Book …
