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Welcome to My Web Site!October
1999
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October marks the release of my book, Room For Dessert, which is now available nationwide. My book includes 110 recipes for cakes, pies, cobblers, ice creams, custards, candies and more...all intended for the home cook. After working for almost 20 years as a baker and pastry chef, I've been asked countless times for my recipes, and Room For Dessert offers many of my most requested and most popular recipes (I wanted to call it "Dave's Greatest Hits" but humility got the best of me...plus my editor would have wisely nixed it!). You can take a look at the book by clicking on the title on the menu bar to the left, and also visit the link to the book at Amazon.com, where there's more information plus an author interview. Room For Dessert makes a great gift for yourself, or for your favorite baker or family member.
Many of the people who've seen Room For Dessert have been taken with the stunning photographs by Michael Lamotte. You can visit his new, in-progress site and see a gallery of his photographs, including those for other author's such as Alice Medrich and Emily Luchetti. Visit Michael at http://www.lamottestudios.com. This month's Recipe of the Month was inspired by a delicious dairy product created at the Cowgirl Creamery in nearby Marin County. I am a real cheesecake fan and I like dense cheesecakes that, when scraped from the fork, leaves behind the distinct indentations from your teeth. This cheesecake is a bit rich and light at the same time because I developed it using Cowgirl Creamery quark; I'm sure you'll love it as much as I do. As a pastry chef, I've been having a long, long love affair with chocolate. Even though it's practically a cliché by now, I must confess that I really can't get enough of it. Even when I go out to dinner, I almost need to have something chocolate for dessert! Luckily for me, I have two friends who make chocolate right here in the Bay Area. John Scharffenberger and Robert Steinberg skillfully roast and blend up to 11 different beans and grind them into some of the best, darkest, most robust chocolate you will ever have. Sold in many well-stocked markets, Scharffen Berger Chocolate is available through their web site. I'll be doing a class with John at the Food For Thought store (see my schedule), and we're also hoping to do a few classes on the east coast in the spring of 2000. Some of the things we'll be doing the class include;
Most of us have rarely encounter citrons. Often we see icky little plastic tubs of them in stores, usually tinted green, and rather unpleasant to eat. However if you're lucky enough to have access to fresh citron, you'll find their fragrant peel is easy to candy yourself at home and can be used to flavor cakes, candies, preserves and in a traditional Panforte Di Siena. Unlike other citrus fruits, the pulp of the citron is useless for cooking as it is dry and tough. Traditionally
used to celebrate Succot, the Jewish holiday of the harvest, David
Weisman's farm in Dallas sells the trees themselves as well as a
variety of Esrog citrons; Chazon Ish, Temani, and Braveman, in sets
of six.
September marked the much-anticipated release of the Chez Panisse Café Cookbook. This lovely book, created by Alice Waters, has 200 of the most wonderful recipes that are served in the casual upstairs cafe at Chez Panisse in Berkeley. The book is generously designed and illustrated by by David Lance Goines who created the famous Chez Panisse anniversary posters every year for Chez Panisse. Throughout the book are stories of the producers who play a critical role in the success of the restaurant by foraging, raising and growing the impeccable, superb ingredients that find their way into the Chez Panisse kitchen. From fresh, lively salads to hearty soups, and finally a collection of recipes for delicious desserts, the Chez Panisse Café Cookbook makes the food from the famed café within reach of every home cook. The editor states, "Not a dish is serves that hasn't passed the muster of Alice's impeccable palate". Having worked at Chez Panisse myself for over 12 years, I would definitely agree! And having this cookbook in your collection allows you to recreate those incredible, yet simple, dishes for your friends and family at home.
As many of you know, I've planned my book tour for the fall. If you live near any of these places, please stop by and say hi and get your books autographed.
Next month....
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