About this item
This fresh take on classic comfort foods includes not only delicious variants on mashed potato dishes, but also gratins, soups, dips, sauces, guacamoles, pates, casseroles, panna cottas, and sorbets made with a plethora of vegetables, fruits, beans, grains, nuts, eggs, and even meats. Hot or cold, savory or sweet, classic or innovative, rustic or elegant, Mashed shows that mashing doesn't need to stop at just traditional mashed potatoes. Holly Herrick holds Le Grande Diplome (honors) in Pastry and Cuisine from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, France. She is a multi-awarded food journalist, cooking instructor and the author of eight cookbooks. Visit her at hollyherrick. com.
About the Author
Holly Herrick is a bona fide lover of delicious food and life in general. Born in Alabama and raised in New England, Herrick's roots hail back to rural life. Later, she attended Boston College as a journalism major and began her food-writing career with a Grande Diplome in pastry and cuisine from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, France.
Holly is a first-place national award-winning restaurant critic and food writer. She's written features and columns for many magazines, including Southern Living, Lowcountry Living, Bon Appetit and more. Her first book, Southern Farmers Market Cookbook (Gibbs Smith) was released in June, 2009. Holly's second book, The Charleston Chef's Table Cookbook - Extraordinary Recipes from the Heart of the Old South (Three Forks Press) was released in December, 2009. Tart Love - Sassy, Sweet, and Savory, a delicious and facile instructive nod to Holly's love of tarts via her education and life in France, was released October 1, 2011(Gibbs Smith) . Food Lovers' Guide to Charleston and Savannah - The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings (Globe Pequot Press, December, 20, 2011) , reflects Holly' love and culinary familiarity with both of these great Southern cities and the best food and foodie destinations they offer.
Holly's most recent books hail to Holly's classical French training roots. The French Cook: Sauces (Gibbs Smith, March 2013) invites readers to embrace the worlds of delicious and versatile classical French mother sauces for easy home meals with fine sauce panache. And the freshly released French Cook: Cream Puffs and Eclairs (Gibbs Smith, October 2013) enters the delicious realm of sweet and savory choux pastry delights.
Holly resides happily in beautiful Charleson, SC with her chocolate cocker spaniel therapy dog, Tann Mann and her chubby cat, Chutney. As always, she wishes you "Bon Appetit!"
Please visit Holly's active Facebook page: facebook.com/holly.herrick2
