Faye Hess shares her intense passion for food

Posted Aug 11th 2008 12:04PM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Books, Television/Film

I am currently totally and completely enamored of Faye Hess. I discovered her over the weekend, while catching up on the backlog of feeds in my reader. She is a New York City-based (well, Queens to be exact) chef who has made a series of four cooking videos that are entertaining, instructive and appealingly quirky. Oh, and did I mention that her food looks delicious?

During the nicely edited and captioned videos, she carries on a conversation with the camera that is so natural, passionate and easy that you can readily imagine that you are actually standing in her long, slightly slant-y kitchen with her. While preparing a garlic and butter sauce for freshly made gnocchi, she holds up a handful of sage to the camera man (who I'm guessing is her husband) so he can enjoy the scent. In that moment, I inhaled deeply myself, expecting a noseful of of rich, green woodiness. All I got was the faint wisps of bacon from the morning before.

Thanks to her inspiration, I'm planning a gnocchi attempt soon. I've also subscribed to her blog and ordered her book on Lulu (and I'm counting down the days until it arrives). She's made a passionate fan out of me, and I'm certain she'll do the same to you.

[via The Kitchn]

Tags: faye hess, fayefood, FayeHess, potato gnocchi, PotatoGnocchi, the kitchn, TheKitchn

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

8-11-2008 @ 6:27PM

rainey said...

Thanks for that link. Never having had an Italian nona, I've been staggering around blind trying to get the right texture dough to get light gnocchi that really taste like dumplings and not dumbbells.

8-13-2008 @ 9:39PM

Mike said...

Very nice! This woman should have her own cooking show!

8-26-2008 @ 11:44AM

Faye Delicious said...

Thanks for such nice comments! Happy Cooking, xoxoFaye Delicious

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