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Home | Jennifer Jacobs

Jennifer Jacobs

Unquestionably, Jennifer’s passion for cooking is driven largely by a passion for eating! She’s self-taught–starting with dubious baking experiments around the age of eight. Her good fortune has allowed her to explore cuisines and grocery stores all over the world. She has a particular love of Japanese food, having lived in the country for five years. While there, she developed and taught international cooking classes as a medium for her students to learn English.

She cooks and bakes constantly, searching for that next big revelation in methodology or ingredient combination. Her favorite methods of cooking include sous vide and her much-cherished steam oven. Favorite ingredients would be tough to narrow down…can there ever be too much saffron or bacon in the world? She believes there are few foods that couldn’t be made better by the addition of chocolate or mayonnaise.

On a non-culinary note…she also believes in playing dress-up as often as possible. At least 30% of one’s wardrobe should be usable as a costume. It’s just fun.

Jennifer Jacobs
A sugar cone of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream lying on a bed of chocolate chips.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream

9 hrs 15 mins

A rectangular platter of shrimp toast on top of blue and white tiles with a bowl of sweet and sour sauce on the side.

Shrimp Toast

50 mins

An oval platter filled with carrot fries and a small bowl of chipotle dipping sauce.

Carrot Fries with Chipotle Sauce

50 mins

A wooden cutting board with a bowl of caramelized onion and tomato jam and several toasted baguette slices on it.

Caramelized Onion and Tomato Jam

1 hr 30 mins

Three waffle cones, each filled with two or three scoops of chocolate Oreo ice cream.

No-Churn Chocolate Oreo Ice Cream with Marshmallow

12 hrs 30 mins

A white oval platter topped with sherry-braised chicken with artichoke hearts

Sherry-Braised Chicken with Artichoke Hearts

1 hr 30 mins

Five spiced rye ginger cookies

Spiced Rye Ginger Cookies

35 mins

A baking pan filled with baklava granola

Baklava Granola

1 hr

Carrot, pineapple, and candied ginger muffins on a counter, the one in front has its liner peeled off.

Carrot, Pineapple, and Candied Ginger Muffins

50 mins

Dark chocolate and tahini ice cream in a metal ice cream tin with a swirl on top, with a metal ice cream scoop laying beside it.

Dark Chocolate and Tahini Ice Cream

8 hrs 35 mins

A white plate with a lettuce, cherry tomato, and onion salad, beside a chicken breast coated in crisp breading. A knife and fork lay on the edge of the plate.

Everything Bagel Chicken Cutlets

1 hr 5 mins

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