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E is for Egg-Free Baking

Fran Costigan - E is for Egg-Free Baking

This event was on Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 1:00 pm Pacific, 4:00 pm Eastern

Eggs serve many roles in baking, but there’s no single substitute that works for every recipe. Chef Fran Costigan, Rouxbe’s Director of Vegan Pastry, has been creating exceptional de… Read More.

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Question:

Can you discuss sorghum, including black sorghum?

— Mitch Miglis

Answer:

I've been eating sorghum in various forms for a number of years. I have never seen black sorghum. And when I see something, you know, when I'm told, well this has hundreds of times more than blueberries, for example, I think the way to think about a healthful diet is to rotate your foods, eat the rainbow, rotate your foods, rotate your grains. But yes, I use sorghum. It's a cereal grass actually. And it was really used a lot, um, in years before. Now it is mostly used as cattle feed. I don't understand that animal feed, but it produces a starchy grain. It's versatile, is high in fiber protein, antioxidants and vitamins and minerals. It is gluten-free, it can be eaten as a porridge, it can be cooked and added to salads. As you said Mitch, I love sorghum syrup, which to me tastes like a tastier molasses, if you know what I mean. Um, the sorghum syrups are, they have different flavors. It's kind of like, um, where they were farmed and um, and how they were produced. I had a sorghum tasting one time and it's lovely. So I do like that.
Fran Costigan

Fran Costigan

Director of Vegan Pastry

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