Recipe development clients have included:
Robert Mondavi Winery
Brown-Forman Wine Group / Jekel Wines
Brown-Forman Wines / McPherson Winery
Hollandia Produce
Mann Packing Company
Cherry Marketing Institute
Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board
Great Entertaining.com

See also Food Writing for recipes published in my writing

Robert Mondavi Winery
Mondavi came to me with an unusual challenge - they already had a photo and wanted a recipe to match it. Both were featured on a bottle necker.

Recipe: LEMON-RASPBERRY CAKE WITH LEMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

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Brown-Forman Wine Group / Jekel Wines
The Brown-Forman Wine Group hired me to create four recipes to be paired with Jekel Wines and featured in their 2005 promotions.

Recipes include:
BRIE TORTA WITH SUN DRIED TOMATOES & TAPENADE
BUTTER LETTUCE SALAD WITH ORANGES, AVOCADO & PECANS
SHRIMP, FETA & TOMATO BAKE
SPICY RIESLING-POACHED SALMON WITH JASMINE RICE

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Brown-Forman Wines / McPherson Winery
This job was a series of recipes for a year's-worth of seasonal promotions.

Recipes include:
ROSEMARY LEG OF LAMG WITH TART DRIED CHERRY/SHIRAZ SAUCE
CHARDONNAY-CITRUS MARINATED GRILLED SHRIMP WITH GLAZE & CITRUS SLAW
SHIRAZ-LACED BEEF STEW WITH CARROTS, MUSHROOMS & SWEET ONIONS

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Hollandia Produce
Hollandia Produce grows and distributes specialty "Live Gourmet" lettuces, packaged with the roots still attached in trademark clear clamshell boxes. In two separate projects, I've developed over two dozen recipes for Hollandia, working with six different products.

Recipes include:
HAZELNUT SHRIMP SALAD IN BUTTER LETTUCE CUPS
BLT SALAD WITH POACHED EGG & HOLLANDAISE DRESSING

'CRESS & 'CADO DIP

WATERCRESS SALAD WITH BEETS, PISTACHIO-CRUSTED BRIE & PISTACHIO VINAIGRETTE

MIXED LETTUCE SALAD WITH PEARS, BACON, GRUYERE & WARM MUSTARD VINAIGRETTE

SEARED TUNA & MIXED LETTUCE SALADE NICOISE

CELERY GREENS & WALNUT CHEESEBALL

CRAB CAKES WITH CELERY GREENS, FENNEL & LEMON-CELERY AIOLI

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Mann Packing Company
Specialty produce packager Mann Packing Company wanted recipes featuring their stringless sugar snap peas. Each was developed in two versions: consumer and foodservice.

Recipes include:
SNAP PEAS, CARROTS, PORK & FRESH BASIL STIR FRY
ASIAN-STYLE CHICKEN SALAD WITH SNAP PEAS & GINGER DRESSING
SHRIMP SALAD WITH SNAP PEAS & ORANGES

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Cherry Marketing Institute
These recipes were created for a joint promotion between the Cherry Marketing Institute and the Maine Lobster Promotion Council targeting chefs in upscale restaurants. They were in addition to seven recipes for cherry mise en place, if you will, for CMI, including Cherry Walnut Vinaigrette, Cherry Butternut Squash Stuffing, and Fire-roasted Corn Cherry Salsa (please contact me if you're interested in seeing those recipes).

Recipes include:
LOBSTER CLAW SLAW WITH HERB-MARINATED DRIED TART CHERRIES
ASIAN-STYLE LOBSTER SALAD WITH GINGERED CHERRIES

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Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board
I did a series of fourteen school foodservice recipes for the Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board - all had to be less than 30% fat, appealing to kids, and extremely easy for school cafeteria staff to prepare. They were such a hit, I was hired to translate them into consumer versions as well. Here's one.

Recipe: ASPARAGUS PARMESAN

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Great Entertaining.com
GreatEntertaining.com was a web site featuring party inspiration, planning, and supplies. As their Food Editor, I created many recipes for many parties with different themes. For an Academy Awards party menu, each dish honored one of that year's nominees for Best Picture - this one was for "American Beauty."

Recipe: AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSE PETAL TART

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