“The flavors I use reflect my life experience including where I’ve lived and the communities and cultures of my friends I grew up around.” “Growing up in the South Bay, the focus is always on healthy, real, whole foods, and that stays with me even today,” she said. Mollenkamp, born in Torrance and raised in Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Palos Verdes, said her cooking style – “based in Mediterranean flavors with a modern California slant” – is heavily influenced by her beachside upbringing.
“It’s a technique-based book so the focus is on honing kitchen skills and making you a more confident, adventurous cook.”
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“Keys to the Kitchen is a modern manual to the kitchen covering everything from how to shop, how to stock your pantry, and basic cooking techniques,” Mollenkamp explained. 24 by Chronicle Books – which she describes as “the go-to book for anyone who could use a little more adventure in their cooking.” And for the first time, she has written her own cookbook Keys to the Kitchen – published Oct. More than a decade and a half later, Mollenkamp is now a celebrated food personality on television, having hosted her own Food Network show, Ask Aida, as well as the Cooking Channel’s foodCrafters.
“So I turned to cooking to keep busy, and it quickly became my prime passion,” Mollenkamp said.
She tore her ACL, which for six months deterred the busy high school student from her extracurricular activities, such as soccer, tennis, ballet and cheerleading. PHOTO BY ESTHER KANGįood expert and South Bay native Aida Mollenkamp may not be where she is today had it not been for a ski trip injury in Big Bear when she was 15. Aida Mollenkamp of the Food Network and the Cooking Channel hosts cooking demos at the Manhattan Beach farmers market Tuesday afternoon to promote her new cookbook, Keys to the Kitchen.
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