Since the late 1980s, Nancy Silverton has brought everything from artisanal bread (La Brea Bakery) and pizza (Pizzeria Mozza) to gelato (Nancy’s Fancy) to Los Angeles, her offerings so delicious they’ve overpowered residents’ usual resistance to such indulgences. With more than 10 cookbooks, the California chef and baker has taught novices how to re-create her sourdough loaves and butterscotch budinos at home. Her latest, The Cookie That Changed My Life, is a baking bible with more than 100 recipes, from peanut-butter cookies to buttermilk biscuits and chocolate brandy cake. While Silverton was born, raised, and still resides in Southern California, she often travels to Italy and France for culinary inspiration. Here, she answers our questionnaire about what she packs, eats, and buys while traveling.
Last flight you took?
Paris to Los Angeles. I spent a week traveling through Marseille, Nice, and Paris with my friends.
