Hudson Valley Connoisseur

    2008         “Regional Craft Brews” Link to supplemental pdf.
    2007        "Hard Cider: Thank the Apple!"
    2007         “Holiday Cheer: Cocktails for Entertaining”
    2007        “The Ultimate Mint Julep”
    2006        “The Finer Side of Hunting and Target Sports in the Hudson Valley”
    2006         “The Joys of Winter Grilling”
    2006         “It’s a Bride’s World” (no recipes)

       Fine Cooking Magazine




    She developed and produced content and art for over 15 culinary textbooks and trade cookbooks with
    a team of chef instructors and two other editors.  
    Pictures below: Prop Styling and Production by Jessica Bard
    (all photos by Louis Wallach except Garde Manger by Lorna smith and Liz Johnson)










  • The New Professional Chef, 7th Edition
  • The Professional Chef's Knife Kit
  • Remarkable Service
  • Garde Manger
  • Techniques of Healthy Cooking 2nd Edition

    Book projects for the home-cook include:
  • The CIA’s Book of Soups
  • Weight Watcher’s Great Cooking Everyday: 250 Delicious Recipes with Techniques and Tips
    from The Culinary Institute of America
  • Four companion recipe books for the CIA’s PBS TV cooking show Cooking Secrets of the CIA.   
    (Complete book list available upon request.)  
    Skills and duties included:
  • Testing recipes at both professional and consumer levels.
  • Developing recipes as needed to fill out a book’s repertoire.
  • Converting professional recipes with cryptic language and weight measurements to consumer
    language and volume measurements.  Write text for accompanying step-by step photos.
  • Editing recipe style to fit diverse promotions including: recipe cards, web site, and video box
    inserts.
  • Food styling for photography shoots and television presentations.
  • Kitchen manager for the in-house segments of Cooking Secrets of the CIA, a PBS TV cooking
    show.
  • Liaison between the CIA’s publishing department, chefs, publishers, and photographers.
  • Managing freelance staff for editorial support and photos shoots.

    JESSICA BARD
    culinary services
Writing & Recipes
Cooking Classes
videos