piment d'Espelette or smoked paprika.
She smashes potatoes and fries them up like tostones, draping them in Mendocino seaweed, local honey, and brown butter.She reimagines ranch dressing as a tangy, funky blend of fermented soybeans and crème fraîche, served with a platter of vivid crudités.
She brines chicken in buttermilk, grills it slow and steady, and pairs it with subtle nods to her wine-country home: fresh grapes wrinkled over the fire, raisins, preserved young grape leaves, splashes of verjus.It takes a real savant to deliver knockouts like these, as delicious as they are studious.Hong spent years winding her spool of experience at Meadowood.
But at The Charter Oak, she lets it fly.. 04. of 10.Liz Johnson—Freedman's, Los Angeles.
"I always wanted to be a chef; I never considered anything else.
I asked my mom for Miracle Blade knives from the infomercial every year for Christmas and never got them.".And buying your flavor does a whole lot more than satisfy your sweet tooth.. “Girl Scout Cookie season is about so much more than selling the iconic cookies people know and love,” GSUSA's chief revenue officer Wendy Lou said.
“The funds girls earn throughout the season directly power girls’ journeys in leadership, entrepreneurship, and community building.The sweet success of each sale is a testament to how much girls can change the world when they put their minds to it.”.
The GSUSA added that selling cookies helps participants gain valuable business skills, including "goal setting, money management, decision-making, people skills, and business ethics," building tomorrow's business leaders one chocolate chip at a time.Girls can also score a ton of badges when they complete their sales, including Cookie Business badges, Financial Literacy badges, Cookie Entrepreneur Family pins, and Entrepreneur badges.
(Editor: Smart Strollers)