November 1, 2011
That should be the motto for competing on a dessert competition show. After I found out that I had a place on Sweet Genius, and right […]
December 22, 2011
One of the hardships of my life as a pastry chef/teacher/writer is that I go to Paris every few years to do research. I want to […]
March 7, 2012
As a pastry chef who must spend her days tasting all things sweet, what I really want at the end of the day are potato chips. […]
March 16, 2012
Every Friday, gorgeous Italian Jewish women and men line up to buy this hideous dessert. What is the fuss all about? Recently I visited Rome and, […]
April 5, 2012
There aren’t too many addictive Passover treats. On Chanukah I love my doughnuts and on Shavuot, I am a slave to my cheesecake, scooping up a […]
May 11, 2012
Last week, I accompanied my twinsâ sixth grade class on a visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. While the students visited the Danielâs Story exhibit, designed […]
June 26, 2012
I met my first ice cream machine last summer when I walked onto the set of Food Networkâs dessert show, Sweet Genius. Call me crazy, but […]
December 11, 2012
When you put a cookbook out into the world you hear from a lot of people you do not know. A new bride once wrote that […]
January 17, 2013
One day last year I was sitting in my kitchen at 5:00 pm checking email while dinner was cooking. The house was quiet and I had […]
