A Sweet Secret

All writers have secrets. Martha Rose Shulman is no different. She creates healthy and original recipes for the New York Times Food and Nutrition  column in the Tuesday Science  Times.However she also writes and whips up  some of the most decadent desserts and treats. Yes, she wants us to eat nutritious but she also teases us with eating naughty as well.

This foodie dichotomy was the subject of a self written piece in today's New York Times Wednesday Dining section. Ms. Shulman , not only contributes to the newspaper, she also has written several cookbooks on healthy eating and cooking. While she pushes quinoa and veggies  one minute in the next she and her son are whipping up incredibly decadent fancies such as ganache covered cupcakes and butter rich cookies.Forget the granola bars and brown sugar. Say hello to the lush Gateau St Honore and uber rich Alsatian German Christmas cookies.

Ms. Shulman also shucks the healthy ingredients. (although readers should stick to cooking and serving her recipes. She also has some really tasty looking fruit recipes that you can make for a good for you dessert). Her pastries and cookies usually have Plugra butter in them. This is one of the richest butters  with a fat content of 82 per cent..Also on her list is the best chocolate, the dark, seductive Valhrona along with heavy cream Instead of brown  and unbleached flours she uses the bad  for you white and cake varieties.Luckily she has also written pastry cookbooks so we can enjoy these treats too.

Every writer has a secret side. Ms. Shulman is no different. She may want us to eat healthy with whole grains and fresh produce. However she also tempts and teases us with tasty treats that can be sinfully good.