Do you know of Dorie Greenspan?

We have another opportunity to host a cookbook author at The Spice House this fall. Just looking for advice, are you familiar with the work of Dorie Greenspan? We make a lot of food out of author's cookbooks for our guests, and our budget only works if we sell some books. Well known authors typically do, or those with big local followings, so I am trying to gage this.

In 2002, when eGullet was just getting rolling, Dorie Greenspan's participation there was a huge reason why I got involved. She was nothing short of a legend and it was incredible to me that she was there just posting and interacting with the community like a regular person. At that time, it seemed to me that she would have been one of the visages on baking's Mount Rushmore.

I don't follow the baking scene like I once did, but it seems to me that she's still solid gold. The people with whom she's collaborated over the years are some of the most important figures in the field (Julia Child, Pierre Herme). Anyone who's been following baking for any length of time certainly must know who she is.

Is this in preparation for her new book that's coming out this fall, Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere?

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She had quite a following a few years ago when bakers from "all over the Internet" took part in Tuesdays with Dorie, which was a project to bake hundreds of Dorie Greenspan recipes and post about the results.
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YES! I first met Dorie when I was at Cordon Bleu in Paris. Most recently we had her as a guest on Chewing the Fat (our WBEZ food show). Dorie's beyond generous as a speaker, incredibly knowledgeable, and easily approachable.

In the photo above she's chatting up the famous potato and onion galette guy at the organic market at Raspail. He may not look it but he's ornery, but Dorie was able to coax not only a smile but cooking details out of him.

Oh, she's the best. The best. Would definitely come over to Wells Street for her. Heck her cheezetish crackers and her Port Jammers & her Jammers were raved over by everyone who ate them last holiday season and the one before.

She also has a cookie boutique in NYC.

pairs4life wrote:She also has a cookie boutique in NYC.

Dorie's cookie stall Beurre & Sel just closed in December, BUT she's working on a huge cookie cookbook too.

HI,

She has been a speaker to Culinary Historians twice and very well received.

You should grab her while the going is good!

Regards,

Much better choice than Brandon Baltzley.

I own her book Around My French Table and love it so much that I've given copies to at least five friends and family members. Every recipe that any of us has made from the book has turned out great. I would definitely buy her new cookbook and would love a chance to meet her in person at a local event. By all accounts she is a lovely person so it seems like it would be a nice experience for you even outside the business aspect. (CSB: I took a pizza-making class in NYC in which her husband was a fellow pupil. We got to chatting a bit, and when I told him how much I admired his wife, he literally got a bit misty-eyed while saying how lucky he was to be with her. And then I got a bit verklempt myself...)

I had the chance to meet her in Kansas City, and she is absolutely delightful. I would DEFINITELY come see her again!

I'd definitely come listen to Dorie Greenspan. And I'm excited about the cookie cookbook. I had a friend in NYC a few weeks back and she offered to go to Beurre & Sel and bring me back cookies but alas, when I looked up the address, I saw that it had closed. I raised my fist to the heavens in Kirk-like fashion with a great big "NO!"...

Ditto!

Yes, yes, yes!!!!

Sign me up to see her, please. J'adore.

Thanks for all the feedback. Dorie will be promoting her new cookbook Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere. The exact date is to be determined but it will be sometime on between Nov 8 - Nov 10. We always make food out of the author's cookbooks and all baked goods might be a relief because we can do them ahead of time. We can probably even enlist the help of our lovely neighbors at La Fournette. It is always a challenge for us to cook on camping gear to make hot food for our guests because the stores do not actually have ovens!

We are also excited to host Carla Hall of the Chew on April 15th. I think she is going to be a lot of fun and she has a new book coming out called Carla's Comfort Foods: Favorite Dishes from Around the World

Thanks for all your positive feedback. We are excited to host Dorie on Sunday, Nov 9, 4:30 - 6:00 at The Spice House, 1512 North Wells Street, Chicago, Il. 60610. She will give a little talk and sign her new book, Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere. We'll be serving a variety of sweet treats made from recipes in the book, including
- Vanilla Sables
- Cocoa Linzer Cookies
- Cinnamon Speculoos
- Laurents Slow Roasted Spiced Pineapple.

The French Pastry School folks, of whom we are huge fans, will be bringing by chocolate candies, sugar confectioneries, mousse cakes and petits fours. They are also making us a 3 foot tall French cooking inspired showpiece that we can't wait to see.

The event is free, we just request you RSVP to spices@thespicehouse.com, so we know how much food to make.

Cinnamon Girl wrote:Thanks for all your positive feedback. We are excited to host Dorie on Sunday, Nov 9, 4:30 - 6:00 at The Spice House, 1512 North Wells Street, Chicago, Il. 60610. She will give a little talk and sign her new book, Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere. We'll be serving a variety of sweet treats made from recipes in the book, including
- Vanilla Sables
- Cocoa Linzer Cookies
- Cinnamon Speculoos
- Laurents Slow Roasted Spiced Pineapple.

The French Pastry School folks, of whom we are huge fans, will be bringing by chocolate candies, sugar confectioneries, mousse cakes and petits fours. They are also making us a 3 foot tall French cooking inspired showpiece that we can't wait to see.

The event is free, we just request you RSVP to spices@thespicehouse.com, so we know how much food to make.

Watching Chef Patrice work on the showpiece this week has been a treat - looking forward to seeing it finished I would very much like to make it on Sunday, but still negotiating with the wife for a few child-free hours to do so, if possible.

ucjames, are you affiliated with The French Pastry School?

Cinnamon Girl wrote:ucjames, are you affiliated with The French Pastry School?

Only as a recent alum of the 24-week pastry program who stayed on for a six month internship. I just happen to be in exactly the right place this week to see the showpiece for Sunday being worked on.

So as you all may already know, Dorie's Cookies came out last year. Being a borderline Type 2 diabetic, I wasn't going to grab a copy right away. But my friend Deb mentioned that Dorie used one of my recipes, so I had to get my hands on it (I'm on page 171!).

I'm just curious who else has this, and if you have any favorites?

mamagotcha wrote:So as you all may already know, Dorie's Cookies came out last year. Being a borderline Type 2 diabetic, I wasn't going to grab a copy right away. But my friend Deb mentioned that Dorie used one of my recipes, so I had to get my hands on it (I'm on page 171!).

I'm just curious who else has this, and if you have any favorites?

Alright, tease us, what is the cookie on page 171?

Regards,
Cathy2

LOL, sorry, Cathy! I didn't mean to be a tease. It's this recipe for lemon sugar cookies. (Dorie added a bit more sugar but otherwise it's the same thing.)

mamagotcha wrote:LOL, sorry, Cathy! I didn't mean to be a tease. It's this recipe for lemon sugar cookies. (Dorie added a bit more sugar but otherwise it's the same thing.)

Congratulations!

Regards,
Cathy2