My guest this week is Gesine Bullock-Prado with her new book “My Vermont Table – Recipes for All Six Seasons.” Today, March 18 (the third Saturday in March) is Maple Syrup Saturday! Podcast afterwards here…
Gesine Bullock-Prado is a renowned pastry chef, cookbook author, baking instructor and television personality. She is the author of five distinct and well received baking books, Sugar Baby, Pie It Forward, Bake it Like You Mean It, Let Them Eat Cake, Fantastical Cakes and the perennial favorite baking memoir My Life from Scratch. Her confections have been featured in publications from Better Homes and Gardens to People Magazine and she’s a regular food presenter on the Today Show.
In My Vermont Table, Bullock-Prado takes readers on a sweet and savory journey through each of these special seasons. Recipes like Blackberry Cornmeal Cake, Vermont Cheddar Soup, Shaved Asparagus Toasts, and Maple Pulled Pork Sliders utilize local produce, dairy, wine, and flour. And quintessential Vermont flavors are updated with ingredients and spices from Bullock-Prado’s own backyard. With stunning photography, Vermonters and visitors alike will revel in a seat at this table.
Get a copy NOW! Learn more about Gesine here!
In her 18-year career, Gesine has run her own pastry shop, become a popular baking instructor at King Arthur Flour’s Baking Education Center, Stonewall Kitchen and online at Craftsy.com, has been the contributing food editor of both Runner’s World and Food + Wine, co-hosted Cooking Channel’s Unique Sweets and is a regular on America’s top-rated morning show, the Today Show and on NPR’s All Things Considered. She hosted Baked in Vermont on the Food Network and was a main judge of Food Network’s Best Baker in America. She also judged America’s Test Kitchen’s Next Generation. She is the owner and baking instructor at Sugar Glider Kitchen where classes sell out within 5 minutes and working towards getting her Vermont Master Gardener Certification in 2023.
Watch Gesine and her sister Sandra Bullock make cherry pie! 🙂
Good Life Guy’s Wine Spirit of the Week:
Knob Creek Smoked Maple Bourbon
On the nose you get maple, brown sugar and a charred molasses, as well as honey and a touch of spice. Take a sip and notice an almost creamy, viscous mouthfeel, with strong maple flavors which are offset a touch by hints of smoke and oak. The finish is short, just a bit sharp and warm, with a soothing honey sweetness as the taste of maple syrup remains on your lips.
This is the perfect after dinner beverage or serve it with a cheese board or even a rich chocolate cake.
Check out the Bourbon selection at @jacobliquor and pick up a bottle!