Interviews with...
Dorie Greenspan
 Paris Sweets
Dorie Greenspan
Award winning author (Baking with Julia Child) Dorie
brings us treats from her favourite pastry shops from the capital of
sweets. Hardcover, 198 pp, $40.00.
CB: The first album/CD/eight track you bought?
DG: Frank Sinatra.
CB: What was your first car?
DG: 65 Blue Mustang; but Mom and Dad wouldn’t let me have a convertible.
CB: Your
favourite junk food?
DG: M&Ms.
CB: What kitchen gadget or piece of equipment can’t you live
without?
DG: KitchenAid stand mixer; I actually have 5, all in white!
CB: Your favourite
ingredient, or food?
DG: Chocolate.
CB: Most over-rated ingredient, or food?
DG: Truffle oil.
CB: What was the first cookbook you used?
DG: Craig Claiborne’s New York Times
Cookbook.
CB: Your favourite authors,
doesn’t have to be cookbook authors?
DG: Julia Child, Maida Heatter.
CB: Your favourite city?
DG: Paris, France.
CB: What is your greatest extravagance/indulgence?
DG: Fabulous high-heeled shoes that I can’t wear!
CB: Your favourite movie?
DG: A Man and a Woman.
CB: What was your first job?
DG: Secretary at the Better Business Bureau in NY city. They paid me
under scale!
CB: What kind of music do you like?
DG: Eclectic: African, Brazilian, classical.
CB: Your favourite sports team?
DG: NY Nicks.
CB: Your pet peeve when dining out?
DG: Servers who come over and say “You’re still working on that?” Of
course I am; it’s so good I’m enjoying it slowly.
CB: Your favourite
drink?
DG: White Burgundy.
CB: Who has been the biggest influence on your career?
DG: My friend Margie, who helped me get my first baking job at Soho
Charcouterie. When I got fired she said “maybe you should
write about it.” I did, and she helped me get the article
published.
CB: What four people, alive or dead, would you invite to
dinner? (assuming you would invite your significant other to
have six around the
dinner table!)
DG: Julia Child, Craig Claiborne, Pierre Herme,
Daniel Boulud, Billy Crystal, (Michael and the kid).
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