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Join the Food Gal in Conversation with Cronut Creator Dominique Ansel

Yup, the pastry meister behind the Cronut is coming to town.

Yup, the pastry meister behind the Cronut is coming to town.

 

Join yours truly as I host a Q&A with the legendary Pastry Chef Dominique Ansel at 6 p.m. Nov. 4 at Williams-Sonoma in Palo Alto’s Stanford Shopping Center.

Yes, the man who started the Cronut craze is coming to the Peninsula to sign copies of his new cookbook, “Dominique Ansel: The Secret Recipes” (Simon & Schuster).

Ansel, a James Beard Award winner, was classically trained in Paris and was formerly executive pastry chef at Daniel in New York.

The one and only Dominique Ansel. (Photo by Lam Thuy Vo)

The one and only Dominique Ansel. (Photo by Lam Thuy Vo)

He opened his eponymous bakery in New York in 2011. Since then, throngs have lined up each day before dawn, hoping to snag his irresistible mashup of a croissant and a doughnut. Or a Cookie Shot. Or a Waffle Affogato. Or another of his wildly whimsical concoctions.

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