The Pastry Pro's Pastry Pro, Claudia Fleming

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The Last Course is back! The influential dessert cookbook from 2001, by pastry chef Claudia Fleming and writer Melissa Clark, has been reissued. For years, The Last Course was one of the most coveted out-of-print cookbooks around; now it’s here for a new generation to discover. Claudia, who today runs North Fork Table & Inn in Southold, N.Y., stopped by Radio Cherry Bombe to talk about her beloved book, her unexpected career trajectory from dancer to world-class pastry chef, what desserts she’s best known for, and more. Be sure to tune in!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Carla Lolly music and you're listening to Radio Cherry Bomb.
0:24.8	Hi, Bomb Squad. Welcome to Radio Cherry Bomb, Bomb, the number one female-focused food podcast in the universe. I'm your host, Carrie Diamond.
0:30.9	Today's show is a personal thrill for me. Earlier this year, I sat down with Claudia Fleming,
0:36.1	the wildly influential pastry chef and author of The Last course, the cult cookbook that has been out of print until now.
0:43.6	Claudia's book, which she wrote with Bomb Squad favorite, Melissa Clark, has been reissued, and she's here to tell us what she's been up to.
0:51.4	Thank you to our sponsors, La Cordon Blue Culinary Schools and Emmy Cheese from
0:55.5	Switzerland. Show them some love because they love the bomb squad and make our show possible.
1:01.0	Before we get to this All-Star episode, let's do some housekeeping. Miami, we are headed
1:06.5	your way for the next stop on the Radio Cherry Bomb Food for Thought Tour. We'll be at Chef Lorena
1:11.6	Garcia's new restaurant, Chica, on Monday, November 18th, to talk to some of the women
1:17.0	changing the Miami food scene. It's our very first Florida event, and we can't wait to hang with
1:22.4	the Florida Bomb Squad. Tickets are $30 and include snacks, drinks, and the live podcast recording. For tickets and more
1:29.5	information, visit cherrybom.com. If you don't live near Miami, tell your foodie Florida friends who do.
1:37.0	Thank you to Carrie Gold for supporting our tour. Before we get to my conversation with Claudia,
1:42.6	let's hear a word from our pals at Emmy.
1:46.1	Hey, Bomb Squad, let's talk about Emmy cheese from Switzerland.
1:50.3	Emmy's beautiful variety of cheeses are crafted from the freshest milk from local Swiss farms.
1:55.5	One of our favorites is Emmy Raclette.
1:58.1	It's a fabulous cheese that you can grill or melt over your favorite foods.
2:02.1	Or you could take a page from Aaron McDowell, author of the Fearless Baker Cookbook and the
2:07.0	upcoming book on pie and make her pear and raclette stuffed French toast. Made with thick
2:12.8	slices of brioche, sauteed pears, and lots of Emmy racaclet, it's a delicious way to spice up breakfast or brunch
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