Paula is a former attorney and speechwriter who took advantage of living in Europe and enrolled in a pastry course in Paris for fun. After being asked to bake for friends, she ended up operating a dessert catering business in Geneva, Switzerland for 2 years. While in Geneva, she was asked to teach a few classes to raise money for Jewish organizations – in French. When she returned stateside, she began teaching classes in French pastry and Jewish cooking and baking to adults and kids, both in the Washington, D.C. area and all around the United States. Paula's classes have been featured in the internet newsletter, Daily Candy, Washington edition, and in the Washington Post Express. She also has experience teaching cooking to special needs kids and adults, which was profiled in the Massachusetts Jewish Ledger.
The Kosher Baker has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Albany Times Union and Newark Star Ledger among many general newspapers and Jewish publications such as the New York and Washington Jewish Weeks. The book has been reviewed or profiled on many websites including the kitchn, epicurious, koshereye, tablet magazine and joyofkosher.
Paula has been on several radio shows including Martha Stewart Living radio on XM Sirius, Walking on Air with Betsy and Sal and On the Menu. TV appearances include NBC Washington News 4 at 4 “Quick Bites.”
Recent Press:•Jewish Journal Boston North, Sept. 17, 2010
•Joyofkosher, Sept 13, 2010
•Apartment Therapy's The Kitchn, Sept 7, 2010
•Kosher Foodies, Sept 7, 2010
•Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinal
•San Francisco Chronicle, Sept 5, 2010
•Epicurious, Sept 3, 2010
•Washington Jewish Week, Sept 1, 2010
•Newark Star Ledger, Sept. 1, 2010
•Albany Times Union, Sept 2, 2010
•Jewish in St. Louis
•In Mama's Kitchen
•The Jewish Week (New York), August 25, 2010
•Washington Jewish Week article written by Paula
•The Kosher Scene blog, August 23, 2010
•The New Jersey Jewish Standard website, August 23, 2010
•Oh You Cook Blog, August 22, 2010
•Orange County Jewish Life, July 2010
•Beth Fish Reads, July 3, 2010
•NBC Washington DC, July 1, 2010
•Cooking up a Summer at Camp Ramah , The Jewish Ledger, August 11, 2008
•Washington Post Express, December 14, 2007
•Kishroniyah Comes to Camp Ramah NE, The Jewish Advocate, July 27, 2007
•Daily Candy, February 26, 2007
