BRONX, New York – Dufour Pastry Kitchens’ Classic Puff Pastry Dough has been recommended by renowned Chef Patricia Wells in her interview with Leonard Lopate on the Friday, December 6th edition of the Leonard Lopate Show airing on WNYC radio.
During the interview, and while discussing using frozen puff pastry dough in her recipes, Chef Patricia Wells says “We suggest Dufour brand, which we have worked with in the United States, and I find it really very, very good.”
In addition, Chef Wells also recommends Dufour Pastry Kitchens Classic Puff Pastry in her new book “The French Kitchen Cookbook”, a compilation and reflection on what she and her culinary students have learned about cooking with the freshest ingredients. In the book she states, “In our tests, we have preferred Dufour brand frozen puff pastry, available at most specialty supermarkets.”
Dufour’s Classic Puff Pastry Dough is found in retail markets and foodservice distributors across the country.
Patricia Wells is a cookbook author and teacher who divides her time between Paris and Provence. Her book Patricia Wells at Home in Provence (1996) won the James Beard Award for Best International Cookbook. Wells is the only American and the only woman to be a restaurant critic for a major French publication, L'Express (1988–1991). She was also a restaurant critic for the International Herald Tribune from 1980 until 2007.
Now in its 29th year, the Leonard Lopate show airs on WNYC every weekday from 12:00pm to 2:00pm, and is an exploration of literature, art, culture, food, and life in and around New York City. Prominent guests have included: Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John McCain, Henry Kissinger, Lech Walesa, Orhan Pamuk, Ang Lee, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Deneuve, Stephen Sondheim, John Updike, Doris Lessing, Bill Bradley, Mark Morris, Francis Ford Coppola, and many others. The program has been honored with multiple awards for its work including a George Foster Peabody Award, three Associated Press Awards for Best Interview and three James Beard Awards for Best Shows on Food.
Contact: Judi Arnold judi.arnold@dufourpastrykitchens.com (718) 402-8800 x20
Source: Dufour Pastry Kitchens
