Category Archives: Cookbook

[UPDATED]: Have S’more Hedy: First Cookbook Recipe Revealed, Plus Tune into CBS4 Tonight for an Outstanding Profile!

Posted on May 3, 2012 | Leave a comment

Arf arf! We have no problem begging for #hedysweets!

Update: View Hedy’s segment with Lisa here, online!

I bark, you bark, we all bark for Popcorn & Peanut Bark! We are so excited to share the first recipe from BAKING OUT LOUD: Fun Desserts with Big Flavors (Clarkson Potter/ Publishers), Hedy Goldsmith’s debut cookbook releasing October 2.  More.com posted it this morning as part of a recipe round-up from the five finalists in the Outstanding Pastry Chef category of the 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards.  Click the photo to the left and whip up this salty, sweet, crunchy, melty treat to munch on while you tune into CBS4 during the 5:00-6:00 p.m. newscast tonight.  Lisa Petrillo speaks with our favorite sweet machine about what’s on her mind heading into Monday’s big ceremony in New York, visiting with her at Michael’s Genuine before making the daily sweets run to sister restaurant Harry’s Pizzeria down the street, where chef de cuisine Manny Sulbaran awaits with freshly fried and dusted zeppoli!

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Buon Viaggio, Capo Chef Schwartz!

Posted on April 9, 2012 | Leave a comment

It’s been 22 years since his last visit, but Michael’s finally packing his knives and going! Our fearless leader is off to Italy tomorrow with his wife Tamara for some well deserved – and welcomed – dolce vita. After a few days in Rome, the couple heads northwest Saturday to Umbria where they will spend a week at Cai Meli Azienda Agraria, a farmstead majestically perched in the region’s iconic green mountains, including a 40-acre olive plantation. Michael will be leading Genuine Umbria cooking classes for a group of 10, centered around ingredients culled from local market visits and the area’s farmers and artisans. Please stay tuned to our Twitter and Michael’s to enjoy the experience with them. Tamara has also promised to be our paparazza on-site so we don’t miss a beat of what looks to be a delicious itinerary!

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We Can Pie!

Posted on March 8, 2012 | Leave a comment


Much of what we do at Michael’s Genuine is based on common sense.  At the Miami restaurant, one example is how everyone from Wine Director Eric Larkee to the chefs in the kitchen utilize space.  For Eric, it is the physical size and format of the wine book, within which can only rest a list divided onto the front side of two legal-sized sheets.  For Executive Pastry Chef Hedy Goldsmith, it’s about finding ways to be creative and produce efficiently working within the spacial constraints of her station.  Enter, “Pie in a Jar.”

“I wanted to put pie on our menu forever. We have tight quarters in our kitchen which kept me away from the idea,” Hedy explains.  ”The idea of utilizing the freshest fruits in season pushed me to make the pie idea work for MGFD. The canning jar became to perfect vehicle for keeping the pies contained, fresh and totally cute. We are now able to produce an unlimited variety of traditional and non-traditional pies in volume. The pies are able to reach our guests in the exact shape as they were intended. We are only limited to our imagination.”

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