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" Desserts are my life - making them, eating them, and teaching others how to prepare them perfectly. "
Sherry Yard
Eating
Life
My Life
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" The market is my church; it's my family. "
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" Any opportunity I get to melt butter, I continue on to the 'noisette' stage. "
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" I want to open a destination place where you go for the best chocolate chip cookie you've ever had in your life, the biggest champagne list ever, the best fruit tarts you've tasted. "
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" Sugar is my friend, not my love. I always season sugar with a bit of acid or salt. Listen to your tongue. "
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" When I was four and my sister six, we got a Susie Homemaker oven for our birthdays. "
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Four
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" It's all about the fruit. A crumble should maintain the integrity of the fruit. "
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" The Governors Ball is like a big birthday party, and all these stars are like excited kids running around - 'Oooo, look at my pretty new dress!' And what's the best, most fun surprise at a birthday party? When the cake comes out! "
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" I'd rather bake 14 times a day than bake one time a day and have all the bakers go home, and then everything's 14 hours old by the time anyone eats it. No. "
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Everything
" I see City Perch as a destination restaurant. "
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" It's all about technique. Rotisserie sounds simple, but to really do it the right way is important so you can get really great products and let them stand on their own. "
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You
Simple
" The essence of a thoughtful spring menu is bringing the table to life with flavorful color! "
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" Desserts are all about form and function, about warm and hot and cold. I want every component to hit your palate on different levels at different times. "
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Your
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" If someone wants to order a cake, I might say, 'OK, when do you want to eat it? What time are your guests arriving? 6 P.M.? So you might be done with dinner around 8:30? Fine, you can pick up the cake at 4. Any earlier than that, it won't be good, it won't be fresh.' "
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Time
Dinner
Done
" You have to know when to give up control, and if you go to a good restaurant, you have to give it up - it's a trust factor. "
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Good
Restaurant
Trust
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Better
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" While they're still warm, I like to sandwich a chocolate chip cookie with raspberry stracchiatella gelato. "
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Chocolate
" Truth is, I love to play bartender and assist my husband at the BBQ. "
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Money
Run
Gives
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Baking
Both
" Grandma played a taste test game with my sister and me when I was 3 years old. She would blindfold us and have us guess what was on the spoon: the first flavors I got were strawberry - then coffee! "
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Coffee
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Breakfast
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