Laura Calder -- 16 Tasty Morsels
By:
Mark Levine
![Laura Calder -- French Food At Home](http://cook.fnr.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/cook/editorial/blog/legacy/devour/2010/5/Laura-Calder-588x441.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.616.462.suffix/1505389352429.jpeg)
From six-year-old local bake-off winner to James Beard award winner, Laura Calder has some enviable culinary experiences under her apron...
![Dulse - Atlantic sun-dried seaweed](http://cook.fnr.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/cook/editorial/blog/legacy/devour/2010/5/Dulse-Atlantic-sun-dried-seaweed.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.616.616.suffix/1505389354219.jpeg)
- Hosts French Food At Home -- simple French home cooking which anyone can make
- Won first cooking award at age six for Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Icing
- Pulled off her first multi-course family dinner at age nine – each dish contained cheese
- Was obsessed with German baking – including breads and pretzels
- Snacks on iron-rich dulse...seaweed from off the coast of Canada
![Panda Licorice](http://cook.fnr.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/cook/editorial/blog/legacy/devour/2010/5/Panda_Licorice.jpeg.rend.hgtvcom.616.616.suffix/1505389356096.jpeg)
- Attended cooking school in Vancouver
- Loves personal recipe collections and handwritten cookbooks
- Worked for a wine expert in Napa, California
- Collaborated with Anne Villan - founder of Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne in Burgundy, France
- Craves Panda Licorice
![Italian Paraspruzzo Coffee Maker](http://cook.fnr.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/cook/editorial/blog/legacy/devour/2010/5/Paraspruzzo.jpeg.rend.hgtvcom.616.770.suffix/1505389357916.jpeg)
- Wrote her first cookbook, French Food At Home, while in Paris
- Has a deep appreciation for fresh coffee with a frothy head from an Italian paraspruzzo
![Porcelain Pie Bird](http://cook.fnr.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/cook/editorial/blog/legacy/devour/2010/5/Porcelain-Pie-Bird.jpeg.rend.hgtvcom.616.616.suffix/1505389359758.jpeg)
- Wrote for Gourmet, Salon, The Wine Journal and The Times of London
- Apprenticed in starred restaurants and worked as a private chef
- Has been known to use porcelain “pie birds”
- Won 2010 James Beard Award for her show, French Food At Home
Catch French Food At Home on Cooking Channel, beginning May 31st.