Crestfallen cakes? Slumped soufflés? Do you have an altitude problem?

When Susan G. Purdy began traveling across the country to teach baking, she soon discovered that the recipes she’d perfected at home in Connecticut (altitude 540 feet) wouldn’t fly in high-altitude venues.

The more she asked for advice, the more she realized how little information existed for adapting recipes to suit kitchens in higher elevations. So she packed a suitcase with her favorite recipes, enlisted the help of a few engineers, and began testing variations in home kitchens across the country, from North Carolina to Colorado. We’ll talk with Susan about the chemistry of baking, what goes wrong, and how to adjust for altitude.

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A Santa Fe, New Mexico based chef, author, Native foods historian and photographer Lois Ellen Frank was born and raised on Long Island, New York and her first career experiences were as a professional cook and organic gardener.

She is a featured cooking instructor at the Santa Fe School of Cooking where she teaches about Native American foods of the Southwest. Guest Chef appearances have taken her to many famous restaurants around the country where she, with Native Chef Walter Whitewater (Diné) have prepared delicious menus from the foods she has studied. She continues to teach about foods as a guest chef, lecturer, and instructor Nationally.

Books: Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations (Amazon)

Articles: American Indians Bring Southwestern Native Cuisine to New York City

Photography: Lois Ellen Frank Photography