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NORTH VANCOUVER iesi-
dent Caren McSherry-
1, .Valagao has a fot of energy.
One evening when J was at her

‘home for dinner and guests phoned to
say they'd been delayed on the Lions

a Gate Bridge, she went into the

kitchen and whipped up a batch of
pecan cookies.. ~~ :
“Once I get going, it’s hardto. ;
make me Stop,” the former flight
attendant said. “I’m in another world
when I’m cooking,”
Last year, after 16 years of teach- ;
ing in Caren’s Cooking School, |

-: McSherry-Valagao has succumbed t0

* her students wishes and produced her . .
“. first cookbook, Vancouver Cooks with’
Caren McSherry ($24.50)... #
Locals who have trooped to y her ~
Classes for the widely. praised food -
will tevel i in the simplicity of many of:

: to name a toe of the Gaaihc towed
. recipes, fun to read with the added
promise of grand eating.
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Continental importers. has con-
_ ‘tributed recommendations for wine ,
: and beer pairings with the recipes. ,

people that they don’t have to do the
things the same ‘old way they’ve
always been done, getting them to .:
use their rays he to ny scme-

€anadian food mail order catalogue.
The catalogue, Great Culinary:
ures, offers more than 200 :
and kitchen equipment :

. Cool,

eted hand-made knives frorn Portugal.

McSherry’s favorite dessert is
cookies and she has started her
Christmas baking with her children,
Christina and Jason.

“What child doesn't love to dig a
hand into the cookie jar!” says
McSherry. There's nothing like the
wonderful aroma of freshly baked
cookies.

Vancouver Cooks is a real winner
for the coukie baker. Here are two of
McSherry’s favorite recipes.

Butter Cookies with White
‘Chocolate and Pistachios

4 c. unsalted butter, softened:

4c. icing sugar

, #tsp. pure vanilla extract

1% c. unbleached all-purpose flour

. 402 good white chucolate
1c. pistachio nuts, toasted & -

chopped

-piping bag

large star tube .
Cream the butter until ‘soft, add

sugar and beat until light and fluffy.

Add the vanilla and the flour and beat

until the mixture is combined, *

Preheat the oven to 375°. Place the
mixture in a large piping bag fitted

-. with a star tube, Pipe the dough onto
" acookie sheet into about 2-inch __,
lengths. Bake for 10 minutes, or until”

the cookies are li ght golden brown.

.. Melt the chocolate in a double
boiler, dip one end of the cooled
cookie into the chocolate, then imme-

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along with the nuts,

‘oats, Beat to incorporate
the ingredients evenly.

diately roll into the chopped pista-

chius. Lay the cookies ona flat sur- -

face until the chocolate sets.
Makes 36 cookies.

Decadent Chocolate
Chunk Cookies
8 Thsp. unsalted butter
%c. white sugar
4¢. brown sugar

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1 tsp. vanilla extract
% ¢. unbleached all-pur-

* pose flour

% tsp. baking powder
% tsp. sea sult
% ¢. chopped nuts (wal-
nuts, pecans or. your
choice) ;
4c. shredded coconut
1% c. good quality choco-
late, chopped
Xe. rolled oats

Preheat the oven to
350°.

Beat the butter togeth-
er with both the white and
brown sugars until fluffy,
about’S ininutes. Add the
egg and vanilla and beat
until mixed. -

. Sift together the flour,

baking powder and salt.
Mix it into the batter

coconut, chocolate and

Chill the batter for, ai.

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least 3 hours. Using an ice cream
scoop or large soup spoon, scoop

even portions of batter onto a greased

and floured cookie sheet, Bake for.15

to 20 minutes or until golden in color.

Makes 30 to 36 cookies.
For cookbooks, catalogues or

~ cooking school information, call

(604) 255-5119 or fax (604) 253-

1331 or write to McSherry at 1856
Pandora Street, Vancouver, B.C., ;
VSL-IMS5. Vancouver Cooks is also ;
available in selected bookstores.

Kascy Wilson is a food, wine.and
travel writer, restaurant reviewer and .-
British Columbia contributor * to,
Pacific Northwest .The Beautiful Y
Cookbook. “

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