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Gale Gand, nationally acclaimed pastry chef, cookbook author and co-owner
of Tru restaurant, showcased her culinary talents in a cooking demonstration
at Macy’s on State Street on Thursday, January 21. Guests had the
opportunity to learn how to create savory brunch bites, sample her culinary
creations and discover this chef’s kitchen tricks and tips for successful
cooking.

About Gale Gand Gale Gand received Outstanding Pastry Chef by The James
Beard Foundation in 2001 and was Pastry Chef of the Year by Bon Appetite
magazine. In 1994, she was one of Food & Wine's Top Ten Best New Chefs.
Gand has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rochester Institute of
Technology's School For American Craftsmen and attended culinary school at
La Varenne in Paris before opening Trio, Brasserie T, Vanilla Bean Bakery
and later Tru, which celebrated it's 10th anniversary in May of 2009. In 2006
she opened Gale's Coffee Bar, Osteria di Tramonto, Tramonto's Steak &
Seafood and RT Lounge with Rick Tramonto. Most recently she consulted on
and opened an upscale cupcake bakery, MORE, in Chicago. Gand was the
host of the long running Food Network's Sweet Dreams, the first all-dessert
show produced by the Food Network. She is the host of The Answered Chef,
an online educational cooking series at www.AnswersTV.com. She also has
a show currently in production, The Heirloom Recipe Project for PBS. She
has appeared on Martha Stewart, Oprah, Iron Chef America, the Today Show,
baking With Julia (Child), judged Food Network Challenge and the 2008
season of Bravo's Top Chef. An accomplished cookbook author, Gale has
seven titles to her credit, including her most recent, Gale Gand’s Brunch! 100
Fantastic Recipes for the Weekend’s Best Meal released in spring of 2009.
She also has her own root beer company which produces Gale's Root Beer,
an artisanal cinnamon, ginger, vanilla infused root beer (now with real cane
sugar!) and also produces a vanilla cream soda.