Dorie Greenspan

Cookbook author and baker extraordinaire, Dorie Greenspan, joins
Michele to discuss the long, winding and unforeseen journey to
Dorie’s great baking career. Dorie grew up in a household that
did not cook home-cooked meals, and as a young adult, she first
pursued an academic PHD. Cooking was not on her radar. But when
Dorie’s perceptive husband witnessed how much Dorie loved baking,
he encouraged her to pursue it; and Dorie did — with enthusiasm.
Today, in addition to having been mentored by food-world icon,
Julia Child, Dorie has written 14 cookbooks, won five James Beard
awards, and has her very own, prized kitchen in Paris. In this
episode, find out how Dorie’s story begins by mistakenly burning
down her mother’s kitchen, and ends with Dorie being one of the
best bakers in the business – and stay tuned for a lovely
soft-shell crab recipe that Dorie loved to share with her mother,
on the back steps of her childhood Brooklyn home.


Dorie Greenspan was born in Brooklyn and pursued a PHD in
gerontology before becoming an internationally recognized
cookbook author and baker. Dorie has been a columnist for New
York Times Magazine and The Washington Post. She’s written 14
cookbooks and won five James Beard awards as well as the Cookbook
of the Year award from the International Association of Culinary
Professionals. Dorie was awarded the Mérite d’Agricole – the
Order of Agricultural Merit – by the French Consulate for her
writings about France’s food. Today, she lives with her husband
Michael in New York City, Westbrook, CT and Paris, France. 


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