Laura Frankel
Laura Frankel | |
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| Born | Laura Charlene Johnson January 3, 1961 Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Occupation(s) | Chef, author[1] |
| Parent(s) | Gunnard and Charlene Johnson |
Laura Frankel (born Laura Charlene Johnson on January 3, 1961) is an American chef, author, and restaurateur.[2][3] Frankel specializes in Jewish cuisine.
Frankel is the author of Jewish Cooking for All Seasons (Agate)[4] and Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes (Agate).[5][6]
Frankel is the former head chef and founder of the Shallots restaurants.[7][8] She opened her first restaurant in 1999, offering kosher fine dining with a produce-driven menu. Frankel opened Shallots NY in 2000 in midtown Manhattan.[9] In 2004, she moved her Chicago restaurant to Skokie (a suburb with a large Jewish population outside of Chicago) and created Shallots Bistro.
In 2007 Frankel was appointed executive chef at Wolfgang Puck Kosher Catering working alongside Wolfgang Puck in the Hollywood and Highland Kosher Kitchen in LA and as the executive chef at the Spertus Institute for Jewish studies in Chicago.[10] In 2013, Frankel was honored as an innovator in Modern Kosher Cuisine at Kosherfeast during the 25th-anniversary celebration of Kosherfest.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Agate Publishing". Agate Publishing.
- ^ William Rice (June 11, 2000). "Shallots - Chicago and New York". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ "WGN TV - Lunch Break". WGN9 Chicago. 10 September 2015.
- ^ Frankel, Laura. Jewish Cooking for All Seasons. Agate.
- ^ "Laura Frankel's Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes aren't just for Shabbat". Chicago Reader. November 13, 2015.
- ^ Frankel, Laura. Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes. Agate.
- ^ "Shallots Keeps It Kosher in Skokie". Chicago Reader. September 2, 2004.
- ^ "New eatery continues age-old tradition". November 5, 1999.
- ^ "Haute Kosher Cuisine at Shallots, New York It's Not Chopped Liver". Travel Watch.
- ^ "Wolfgang Puck and Laura Frankel".
- ^ Frankel, Laura (November 4, 2013). "Eight Kosher Industry Pioneers Honored at Kosherfest". Kosher Today.
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