My first memories of great food began with watching my mother make Danish pastry using a recipe booklet put out by Allsweet margarine. The momentous occasion usually took place around late March, just when the weather was beginning to change. She learned to make the pastry from a neighbor next door who moved to Detroit from the Virgin Islands. I was about four years old and from that time forward I began my sensuous love affair with food.
I have been a cook, food stylist, and caterer, pastry assistant, cooking instruct more...
