Sharon gless today
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About me
Hi I’m Sharon Glass and I have been cooking ever since I can remember. As a child I was always sitting on the counter watching my mom and grandmother (who were my mentors). I cooked (and baked) at every opportunity.
Food has been an integral part of our family and being Jewish, our home revolves around the kitchen. It is the hub of the house, where we always gather around and chat whilst cooking. I love playing in the kitchen and experimenting. My passion is to re-create a dish I have seen or tasted in a restaurant and then share my interpretation of it with my friends and family. I love feeding my family because it makes me happy to see them enjoy really delicious food.
Although I have always cooked as a hobby, I never had any formal training, and rather learnt everything from my mom and grandmother. After completing Grade 12 in South Africa, my family emigrated to Los Angeles and I studied a BA in French at UCLA. However, I was very fortunate to get a part-time job working for the actor, Danny Kaye and even more fortunate to find out that he loved cooking.
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From braai to brisket, Sharon Glass leaves a legacy
Sharon Glass didn’t just teach people how to make meals and share the recipes she created, she made it her mission to take people on a journey to foster a love for cooking.
Glass, who passed away last week after battling cancer since 2020, which she told few about, left a legacy in the homes of the community where her cookbooks will continue to be proudly and regularly used to make delicious meals.
“My mom’s philosophy around cooking was to make everything simple,” said her daughter, Teri Cohen. “Her biggest thing was making sure that cooking was a simple yet enjoyable task – whether that be making something from scratch or using store-bought things and integrating it into something amazing.”
Glass taught cooking lessons for more than 30 years from her home, and wrote nine bestselling cookbooks. She also had two cooking shows on the Home Channel, and had multiple appearances on Cook with Noeleen Maholwana Sangqu over five years.
Glass always had a love for the culinary arts and learned everything she knew from her mother and
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Few actresses have the distinction of being recognized and revered worldwide for multiple iconic roles in groundbreaking television shows. Sharon Gless is one of them.
Generations of TV viewers know and love the remarkable characters brought to life by this standout multi Emmy and Golden Globe winning actress: Christine Cagney (Cagney & Lacey), Debbie Novotny (Queer As Folk) and Madeline Westen (Burn Notice), among many others. With over four decades of indelible television, film, and stage roles to her credit, Gless continues to enchant her longtime followers and captivate new fans with every appearance.
In 1972, the head of Talent at Universal Studios perceived a take-notice quality in Sharon Gless and signed her as a contract player, a coveted breakthrough opportunity for any young actress. Gless remained under contract for the next decade, until the studio ended all talent contracts in 1982, earmarking her as the last contract player in the history of Hollywood.
During her contract years with Universal, Gless appeared in top-rated television series including: The Rock
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