Shirley Corriher Works With Baking Students

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From JSOnline
Shirley Corriher from Atlanta paid a visit to students at MATC last month. Shirley is one of the greats in the food industry.

Shirley Corriher explains the proper way to make biscuits during a presentation at Milwaukee Area Technical College this month.
Shirley Corriher has baking down to a science - JSOnline

By Karen Herzog of the Journal Sentinel

Posted: Nov. 28, 2009

Every baker who has pulled a pan of pitifully pale cookies from the oven should spend 10 minutes with Shirley Corriher.

The 75-year-old Ann Landers of food science - a straight-talking Southerner who punctuates sentences with enthusiastic gestures - is generous with her time and her advice.

"I'll find something to call her about," vowed Derek Albert, the 25-year-old student from Milwaukee.

"I'm so impressed with these kids," said Corriher, who has a soft spot for students. (She dedicated "BakeWise," published by Scribner in 2008, to Marty Thompson, a culinary student who diligently tested recipes for her but died before finishing his chef's training in Atlanta.)

Corriher was in her element at MATC, teaching 40 students how to make her grandmother's "Touch-of-Grace" Southern biscuits and a version of the Toll House chocolate-chip cookie recipe that actually works - unlike the one on the bag, which originated in the late 1920s with a flour that Corriher says no longer exists.

The trick: Add an extra 2 to 4 tablespoons of all-purpose flour or bread flour, and chill the dough one to two days before baking.

Shirley is one GREAT lady and many thanks to her and all that were involved at MATC. I know all the students enjoyed her expertise. If you want to buy her book, please do at the above link.

Also have to point out one great lady in above picture with Shirley and another baking instructor from MATC. That's Mrs Berry Laker