Author Archive for Ali Slagle

Today is National Chocolate Chip Day–and that is surely a cause for celebration. Who better to provide a recipe than the self-described “Guru of Ganache,” pastry chef Marcel Desaulnier. His recipe for Caramel-Banana-Chocolate Chip Ice Cream was published in The Cakebread Cellars American Harvest Cookbook by Dolores Cakebread and Jack Cakebread (Ten Speed Press, 2011).

In Cindy’s Supper Club (Ten Speed Press, May 2012), author Cindy Pawlcyn gives us this recipe for Oysters with Irish Soda Bread and Guinness Stout inspired by her holidays in Ireland.

Stories and photos from the photo shoot for True Brews, out May 2013, are shared by the author, Emma Christensen.

Drizzled with dark chocolate or simmered into a jam is all you need to do to enjoy strawberries, says Nigel Slater, author of Ripe. Get his simple recipe for strawberry tarts.

Spring is here, and the thrilling options at the farmers’ market always seem to get the best of me. The result? Adding as many fresh veggies into my meals as possible. And what a joy that is. Lunch one Saturday was a Lemony Lentil Soup from Sophie Dahl’s Very Fond of Food (Ten Speed Press, April 2012) and a salad of wheat berries, cranberries, fennel, and arugula inspired by Sophie’s salad of brown rice and pearl barley with cranberries and a Wheat Berry Salad by The Sprouted Kitchen.