Alumni News
How2Heroes.com Cooking Videos
The CSCA is excited to announce that several CSCA chef instructors and alumni have recorded cooking videos for the website how2heroes.com. CSCA Chef Instructor Jim Swasey demonstrates trussing and roasting chicken from the chicken basics class and Hong Xue (PCP '04) shows off her knife skills in a watermelon carving demo. View Simone Nakhoul's (PCP '06) Portuguese Cataplana and instructional videos on cleaning squid and conch. Recent graduate Phil Dwyer (PCP '09) cooks his signature dish Honey-Lime Marinated Pork Tenderloin. Check out Mary Kate Paris's (CCP '09) Oatmeal Cupcakes and Hilary Koloski's (PPP '09) Sunrise Fruit & Nut Cookies in the newly updated dessert sections. Yvette Taylor, owner of Queen of the Pantry condiment line, introduces cooking with dukkah. CSCA Recreational instructors Eliana Hussain (PCP '04) and Scott Ryan (PCP '07) demonstrate onion dicing and sardine grilling, respectively. Just in time for fall, Alex Lewin (PCP '06) shows how to preserve and pickle foods with kimchi, rutabaga, and sauerkraut demos. More videos to follow in the upcoming months!
Lisa Raffael PCP '92
Owner
Delicious Desserts
Falmouth, MA
Award-winning pastry chef Lisa Raffael has appeared on the Food Network and has had images of her cakes published in BRIDES Magazine, The Perfect Wedding, and Boston Magazine. The Daily Free Press recently published the profile Pursuing Passion over Protocol, on Lisa. She is a graduate of Boston University's School of Management. Lisa's Delicious Desserts has been a CBS A-List Best Wedding Cake favorite since 2006.
Eunice Feller PCP '06
Owner
Bread & Chocolate Bakery Cafe
Newtonville, MA
Bread & Chocolate Bakery Cafe's baked goods have rapidly become Newtonville and Boston community favorites. The Boston Globe's Food Section featured Bread & Chocolate's Sage Corn Muffin in the "Short Orders" column on Wednesday, November 4, 2009.
Recently, Boston Magazine bestowed Bread & Chocolate Bakery Cafe in Newtonville, Massachusetts, with a "Best of Boston 2009" award in its August 2009 issue. Owned by CSCA Alumni Eunice Feller, the 3-year old business has become the 'go-to' bakery in Newton for morning muffins and cappuccino, special occasion treats, lunch, afternoon snacks, and seasonal baked goods. Featured in a "Boston Magazine's Annual Picks" segment on Boston Channel 5's Chronicle on July 29, 2009, Chronicle personality Shayna Seymour featured Eunice, Steve (Eunice's husband and Bread & Chocolate co-owner), and a variety of baked goods including Eunice's famous Whoopie Pies and Donut Muffins.
Feller has received a number of accolades since opening her shop in 2006, including "Readers #1 Choice and Regional Favorite" for best bakery and best coffee house by the Newton TAB and Metrowest Community Newspapers in 2009 and 2007, and "Best of the New" by The Boston Globe in January 2007.
Yvette Taylor PCP '06
Owner
Queen of the Pantry
Natick, MA
Yvette Taylor started her condiment line, Queen of the Pantry, with dukkah on her mind. She tasted her first dukkah, a mix of nuts, seeds, and spices, while working in a winery in New Zealand. Since then she's worked to create her own version of the toasted and ground mixture. Recently named as one of The Boston Globe Magazine's list of 50 "tasty, satisfying, surprising, fun, yummy, finger-licking, scrumptious" Food Finds of 2009, she's launched four flavors of dukkah (Aromatic Almond, Atomic Chili, Spicy Chili, and Coconut Mango Macadamia), three "Kick in the Nuts" flavored and spiced nut product varieties, and three flavors of onion jams.
The Queen of the Pantry makes several appearances around Boston, demonstrating recipes with her dukkah, including Gordon's Fine Wines and the Slow Food Boston Food Preservation Series. Edible Boston published an article about Yvette and her condiment line in its Summer 2009 edition. Demonstration videos will soon be posted on the How2Heroes website.
