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On the Menu Now at MGFD: New Thai Coconut Ice Cream Dessert
I quietly approached the pastry station, making room in the tight hallway for chef de cuisine Bradley Herron who buzzed straight through on his way to the rack on the far end of the kitchen wall. As...
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Cookies Candies & Confections Up Close & Personal
The lucky 13. Sara Allyce Gaylord is our new fall intern, coming to us from University of Miami where she is a law student simultaneously pursuing a Masters in Communications. She’s a native Floridian...
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A Show of Pots for Hedy Goldsmith, Please!
Every year, the Food & Wine Test Kitchen evaluates over 150 cookbooks to select 25 they like best! Then we all get to enjoy an anthology called Best of the Best: The Best Recipes from the 25 Best...
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The Apple of Our Eye: Falling in Love with New Desserts at The Cypress Room
Take a fairy tale, inject it with electric current and edit like a designer and you have our dessert program at The Cypress Room. You’ll be hearing a lot about our new home for elegant American dining...
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MGFD Brunch at 5 Years | Homage to Hedy’s Sweets
Five years ago, a typical Sunday morning at Michael’s Genuine® Food & Drink (“MGFD”) was a time for our chefs to prepare for the evening service and plan for the upcoming week, quietly without...
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Amy’s Cinco de Sundae with Tequila Caramel Sauce
Those of you familiar with the Home Brew Sundae know we don’t shy from booze in our desserts at Michael’s Genuine® Food & Drink and are always looking for reasons to celebrate creativity in the...
View Article[Recipe] Greek Yoghurt Pound Cake
Baking is a science, so we leave improvisation to the professionals to avoid a rubbery, inedible result. Take the traditional Pound Cake. It’s just that — one pound each of flour, butter, eggs, and...
View ArticleFor This Pastry Team, Working Smart Means Cross Training with Donuts
Every morning Pastry Chef MJ Garcia gets into Michael’s Genuine® Food & Drink around 5:45 a.m. and takes survey of her stock. Then it’s time to cross train. “If I ran a special that had pastry...
View ArticleLove & Learn | MJ’s Seasonally Sweet & Relentlessly Prolific Pastry Program
There’s no “i” in pastry, and Maria Jose “MJ” Garcia will be the first one to tell you. We last checked in with our pastry chef at Michael’s Genuine® Food & Drink to learn about her department’s...
View Article[Video] [Recipe] Rosemary Pine Nut Tart
Your Thanksgiving table will thank you for this. Each year, we gather to share in the bounty of the season and no matter how delicious the savory spread is, from customary turkey to rainbow of side...
View Article[Recipe] Mango Upside Down Cake
Whether you are following your nose and creeping front yards to forage the perfect specimen, or running and hiding while trying not to squish the rotten ones, no one can escape mango season in South...
View ArticleCruller & Unusual, Just How We Like Our Fall Desserts
When you ask Pastry Chef MJ Garcia how she approaches developing new desserts, she tells you it’s just like the savory side of the kitchen. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, given she’s closer than...
View ArticleMyrtille’s Morning Baking Routine at Amara at Paraiso — Anything but Routine
It’s 5:40 a.m. on a recent Friday, and I’m blasting up I-95 under a nearly full moon-lit sky thinking I’m late. Myrtille Quillien runs on baker’s hours, and they began 40 minutes ago in pastry’s...
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