Susan Knapp
Website: www.aperfectpear.net
Here For: Great recipes
Heard about BakeSpace From: Twitter follower
Occupation: CEO
Company: A Perfect Pear from Napa Valley
Industry: Food & Beverages
Associations: NASFT member since 1998, WBENC certified, Winner Make Mine A Million, Women's Business Award
Cooker or Caker: Cooker
Bake/Cook Frequency: Every day
Baking/Cooking Training: Tante Marie's Cooking School, Italian, Chinese Cooking Classes. Was cook in French Restaurant in Honolulu HI (testing if I wanted to do this) Had a catering company & cooking school for singles
Favorite Food: Sushi, Italian, French...really just about everything
Favorite Food Moment: Figs. I was never fond of figs until my husband took me to Greystone at the Culinary Institute for my birthday 10 years ago and they served figs stuffed with goat cheese wrapped in pancetta and roasted with balsamic vinegar. Oh my. New creation..Pear Fig Jam
Favorite Cooking Word: marinade
Favoriate Restaurant: Bounty Hunter, Boon Fly Cafe, Cole's Chop House, Rutherford Grill, Mustards Grill, Go Fish, Bistro Jaunty,
Favorite Chef: Thomas Keller
In My Town Try: Breakfast - Alexis Baking Co in Napa
Lunch - Angele's on Napa's Waterfront
Dinner - Bistro Don Giovanni
Interests: Great food, gardening, reading, traveling, entertaining
Languages: some Italian, Some French
Books: Always have a book I am reading for both business and pleasure. Currently reading Reality Check by Guy Kawaski. Enjoy Janet Evanovich, John Grisham
Music: Nora Jones, Bruce Springsteen, Corinne Bailey Rae, Dixie Chicks, Ray Charles-Genius Loves Company, Michael Buble', Sugarland
TV/Movies: Just discovered Big Love...Interesting but not in my house!! Californication, Weeds, Brothers & Sisters, Rachel Maddow, Food Network, HGTV
Travel: Love Italy and France but want to go to South America, Spain & Germany
Extraordinary..
