The Art of French Pastry

Jacquy Pfeiffer 's career began with an apprenticeship in Strasbourg, Alsace, at the famous Jean Clauss Pâtisserie. In 1995, Pfeiffer cofounded the French Pastry School in Chicago with Chef Sébastien Canonne, M.O.F., where their team is devoted to imparting excellence. Pfeiffer has participated in many of the world’s most prestigious pastry competitions, placing in the World Chocolate Masters in Paris in 1996 and at the Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie in Lyon, France, in both 1995 and 1997. He was named one of the Top Ten Pastry Chefs in America by  Chocolatier  and  Pastry Art & Design  for two consecutive years and was inducted into the Académie Culinaire de France in 2003. In 2009, Pfeiffer was featured in  Kings of Pastry,  a documentary by internationally acclaimed filmmakers D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. Shortly after, he was inducted into  Dessert Professional ’s   Pastry Hall of Fame and the Chicago Culinary Museum’s Chefs Hall of Fame. Today, Pfeiffer is the Academic Dean for Student Affairs at the French Pastry School, widely considered one of the leading pastry institutions in the world.    Martha Rose Shulman  is the award-winning author of more than twenty-five cookbooks, including  The Very Best of Recipes for Health ,  Mediterranean Harvest: Vegetarian Recipes from the World’s Healthiest Cuisine ,  Mediterranean Light ,  Provençal Light , and  Entertaining Light . She writes the daily  Recipes for Health column for the online New York Times , is a founding contributor of the website Zester Daily, and is the co-owner of the Venice Cooking School in Los Angeles. She has coauthored books with pastry chef Sherry Yard, Wolfgang Puck, Dean Ornish, and Mark Peel, and has collaborated with the Culinary Institute of America on two books,  Culinary Boot Camp  and  Spain and the World Table . Learn more about Martha at martha-rose-shulman.com.

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