Recipes

Making Sense of Cocoa Powder

Cocoa Powder 101 – Read my piece on Guittard cocoa powders and how to use them. 2022

Even More About Cocoa Powder!

Type of Cocoa Powder Explained – Read my piece for King Arthur Flour – 2022

Cake and Friendship

2023 Edible East Bay

Art in The Making

It was an honor to write this essay for Christopher Benson’s book, Art in The Making, Essays By artists About what They Do, By Christopher Benson, (The Fisher Press, 2022)

Madam Cocolat – New York Times

At a table in a gourmet coffee shop at the stylish Stanford Shopping Center, a 35-year-old woman sips her French-roast coffee and nibbles on a confection she has surreptitiously removed from a distinctive black shopping bag stamped with gold rectangles and the word ”Cocolat.”

LA Times – 2105

7 Tips we learned about chocolate from Alice Medrich

Julia Child: Raspberry Ruffle Genoise Cake

Master teacher and chocolatier, Alice Medrich from Berkeley, CA, visits Julia Child in her kitchen. Medrich creates a chocolate genoise raspberry ruffle cake, providing tips on the best way to melt and shape chocolate. She layers the cake with creme fraiche, melted chocolate, rum syrup and rasperries in an adjustable pan and places the chilled, fan-shaped chocolates as a decorative topping.

Food52 – 2015

Food52 Guide to Alice Medrich’s baking books

Desserts First – 2015

“Pastry Girl” Anita Chu reviews “Flavor Flours”

Martha Stewart Living – 2014

Baking by the Book: “Flavor Flours”

Alice Medrich on YouTube

Medrich Cookbook Targets Novice Cooks – 2012

Berkeleyside – Nosh -2011

Alice Medrich’s Sweet life

How to Make Meringue Mushrooms – Chow.com

Meringue mushrooms are a whimsical addition to a yule log or cookie plate. Alice Medrich, author of Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cookies, shows how to create realistic mushrooms from a basic meringue recipe.

It’s All About Hitting The Sweet Spot—Nov 2011

On a recent afternoon in her North Berkeley Craftsman kitchen, Ms. Medrich began testing for a new book about gluten-free baking, which poses the challenge of creating desserts without the wheat flour that some people avoid for health reasons

Bon Appetit – Feb 2011

Cocoa Brownies with Brown Butter and Walnuts on the cover of Bon Appetit , and more.

Eating Well – Jan/Feb 2011

Expert Alice Medrich’s Tips on Cooking With Chocolate By Joyce Hendley, “The Queen of Chocolate,” January/February 2011

Chewy, Gooey, Crispy, Crunchy Cookies

Alice Medrich shares here recipe for Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-In-Your-Mouth Cookies on FOX 9 Morning News.

Pure Dessert: Q&A with Alice Medrich

I was so intrigued by the concept – and in love with the results – that I asked Alice if she would mind chatting a bit about the book and how her approach to dessert has changed over the years. Happily, she agreed.

Food & Wine – Jan/Feb 2011

Cocoa Tuiles were featured in Food and Wine Oct 2007

Alice Medrich: Way beyond chocolate

In ‘Pure Dessert,’ recipes from the ‘first lady of chocolate’ bake bold and beautiful.

The Minimalist’s Dessert

Confectioner Alice Medrich talks about simple, artisanal sweets

Alice Medrich: Chocolate Queen

In an interview, Alice Medrich, author of Chocolate Holidays, reveals why she is passionate about chocolate.

At Cocolat, the Truffle is not a Trifle

TEN years ago this month, Alice Medrich tucked her brown curls under a crisp pastry chef’s hat and began creating chocolate desserts. For three days she and a friend worked almost continuously to meet a 10 A.M. Saturday deadline.