Subject food, travel Name Joanna Pruess | Role Writer Spouse Bob Lape (m. 2004) | |
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Alma mater University of California, BerkeleyStanford UniversitySorbonne Children Nicole, Ben, and Justin Books Seduced by Bacon, Tea Cuisine: A New Appr, D'Artagnan's Glorious Game Co, Soup for Every Body: Lo, Griswold and Wagner | ||
Joanna Pruess - #IWriteBecause
Joanna Pruess is a food and travel writer and a consultant to the food industry. She is the author of fourteen cookbooks including Seduced by Bacon and, most recently, "Soup for Two: Small-Batch Recipes for One, Two, or a Few and "Dos Caminos Tacos: 100 Recipes for Everyone's Favorite Mexican Street Food" with chef Ivy Stark.
Contents
- Joanna Pruess IWriteBecause
- How to Turn Your Family Recipes into a Cookbook
- Personal life
- Bacon
- Books authored and co authored
- References
How to Turn Your Family Recipes into a Cookbook
Personal life
Pruess graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, received a master's degree in English from Stanford University, and a certificate of graduate studies in French literature and arts from the Sorbonne. She also studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. Pruess was the director of the Cookingstudio, a school she founded that held classes in a number of New Jersey branches of the Kings Supermarket chain, from 1982 to 1987. Her parents were the late Harriet and Gerald Rubens of Los Angeles, California.
Bacon
On the subject of bacon, Pruess contends that its popularity (bacon mania) is linked to the Atkins diet and South Beach diet regimens, which "gave dieters permission to indulge in fatty foods". "People are craving comfort, people are craving flavor, they're craving style," Pruess said. She's also noted that, "You need so little of it to add so much flavor." She suggests substituting bacon drippings for the oil or butter in the basic directions for popping corn. "Bacon is far more than a food. It is a happy state of mind. It excites people to the point where some aficionados liken it to illicit pleasures," she wrote.