Deb Perelman Bio | Wiki
Deb Perelman is an American self-taught home cook, cookbook author, and photographer. She is the creator of smittenkitchen.com. Deb is the author of the New York Times bestselling The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, which won the IACP Julia Child Award.
In 2006, when she started Smitten Kitchen, her now beloved food blog, she thought she was essentially shouting into a void. Deb had never cooked professionally and had no connections in the food world. Her background was in psychology.
And yet, fourteen years later, she has outlasted most of her contemporaries. She married one of her readers and nourished an audience that numbers in the millions. She has produced two best-selling cookbooks, with a third on the way.
Deb Perelman Age
Deb was born on June 11, 1976, in the United States. She is 46 years old.
Deb Perelman Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in (Approx. 1.65 m).
Deb Perelman Family
She was born and raised in the United States by her parents. Deb holds an American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity. Information about her parents and/or siblings is not available at the moment.
Deb Perelman Husband
Deb is married to her husband Alex. Together, the couple shares two children, Jacob and Anna. Alex has often worked as the photographer and dishwasher for her blog. Their son, Jacob, occasionally makes appearances on her blog.
Deb Perelman Education
She received undergraduate and graduate degrees from George Washington University, where she studied psychology and art therapy. Deb originally started writing online in 2003 while also working as an art therapist, and she eventually began the Smitten Kitchen blog in 2006.
Deb Perelman Smitten Kitchen | Blog
Smitten Kitchen is a blog for home cooks created and maintained by Deb. According to her, in November 2012 Google Analytics reported that her blog had 6 million unique views and almost 10 million page views. Deb has also been featured on numerous websites, NPR, and The Martha Stewart Show. In 2012, Smitten Kitchen won the Bloggie for best food weblog.
Physically, the Smitten Kitchen is a kind of half-galley with a wobbly, peeling cart used as a cooking surface. What it lacks in cabinets, a dishwasher that doesn’t leak, and a refrigerator that doesn’t freeze everything in the back, it makes up for in streams of light from the door on the side that goes to [drumroll] a terrace.
Deb Perelman Cookbook
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook was published in 2012 and came out at No. 2 on The New York Times’s best-seller list for hardcover advice and miscellaneous. Deb‘s second cookbook, Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites, was published in 2017.
Deb Perelman Recipes
Pork and Asparagus Stir-Fry
Ingredients
3 tsp. peanut or vegetable oil, divided
2 lb. asparagus, trimmed, cut on a diagonal into 1″–2″ pieces
8 oz. ground pork
6 scallions, white and pale green parts only, finely chopped
5 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 2″ piece ginger, peeled, finely chopped
2 Tbsp. Shaoxing wine (Chinese rice wine) or medium-dry sherry
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. toasted sesame oil
Method
Heat 1 tsp. peanut oil in a large skillet over high. Add half of the asparagus and a couple of pinches of salt and cook, until crisp-tender and lightly browned, about 4 minutes. Transfer asparagus to a plate. Add 1 tsp. peanut oil to skillet and repeat process with remaining asparagus. Heat 1 tsp. peanut oil in a large skillet over high.
Once the pan is hot (oil will be lightly smoking), add half of the asparagus and a couple of pinches of salt and cook, tossing only once or twice so the pieces have a chance to blister, until crisp-tender and lightly browned, about 4 minutes.
Transfer asparagus to a plate. Add 1 tsp. peanut oil to skillet and repeat process with remaining asparagus. Add pork, spreading out into an even layer. Break up the meat with a wooden spoon and add scallions, garlic, and ginger. Cook, turning to coat with pork mixture until heated through, about 1 minute.
Deb Perelman Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Deb’s estimated net worth is $980,675.
Who Is Deb Perelman
Deb is an American self-taught home cook, cookbook author, and photographer. She is the creator of smittenkitchen.com. Deb is the author of the New York Times bestselling The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, which won the IACP Julia Child Award.