Vallery Lomas
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Vallery Lomas is a lawyer turned baker and cookbook author. She is best known for winning ABC's "The Great American Baking Show," and has appeared on CNN, Fox, and the Hallmark Channel. Her writing has appeared in Food & Wine and Taste. Her first cookbook, Life Is What You Bake It, was published by Clarkson Potter in 2021. foodieinnewyork.com
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Louisiana Crunch Cake
This Louisiana Crunch Cake recipe uses shredded coconut and granulated sugar to obtain its crunchy exterior—a tasty contrast to the pound-cake-like interior.
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Creole Rice Dressing
In Louisiana, rice dressing, which combines rice, ground meat, and aromatics, is served alongside turkey and all of the trimmings at Thanksgiving.
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Peach Pie
When summer gives you perfect peaches, turn them into this glorious peach pie encased in a flaky all-butter crust.
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A Very Dramatic Crepe Cake
For this towering crepe cake, thin crepes are stacked and sandwiched with an easy pastry cream.
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Easy No-Cook Pastry Cream
This easy no-cook pastry cream requires no hand-whisking or tempering, and the ingredients don’t even have to come to room temperature.
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Bourbon Pecan Pie
When I was growing up in Louisiana, fall meant pecans littering the ground from the stately trees in our suburban neighborhood. On walks home from the bus stop, we would dip into various neighbors’ backyards and gather as many pecans as would fit in our pockets and backpacks. My favorite thing to do once all the nuts had been shelled (by hand!) was to make pecan pie. This recipe uses cane syrup, which adds a more complex sweetness than corn syrup. Plus, by toasting the pecans, you bring out the .…