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  • November 17, 2017

    Classic Cinnamon Buns

    Lately, I think about the transience of life and fear hits me, hard. Every breath I take feels measured, numbered, and I want to fill every moment with every thing. Time wasted hurts in a way that makes me think what are you doing? Live. You have no assurance for tomorrow, or even the rest of […]

  • November 3, 2017

    Cranberry Clementine Jam Pound Cake

    Creaming butter into sugar is like watching alchemy happen. The butter starts out distinct. Fatty. Yellow. Chunky. The sugar is fine. Sweet, sweeping sand. Together, they become a paste, a smear that sticks to the walls of the mixer. I reach in and scrape down the sides. Keep mixing. Let it get thick. Air whips […]

  • October 20, 2017

    Salted Caramel Pumpkin Cheesecake with Maple Creme Fraiche

    One day when I wake, the air is suddenly cold. I am confused until it starts to settle, bitingly, on my skin- then, I gasp and dive back under the covers. Only my dreams can save me. But work awaits. The alarm reads 4:30 and in half an hour, I will be at the bakery. […]

  • September 17, 2017

    Spiced Whiskey Honey Cake with Whipped Mascarpone

    While making lists and going over menu ideas for this year’s Rosh Hashana meals, I was struck by how little relevance was given to the honey cake. Sure, it was on the menu- it’s too traditional to do away with, and there are always a few diehard honey cake fans who would raise a hell […]

  • September 11, 2017

    Moroccan Saffron and White Wine Tzimmes Chicken

    In all honesty, the idea of tzimmes has never much appealed to me. I say idea and not dish because I am pretty sure I have never actually tasted it- the concept of cooked dry fruit, accompanied by honey and cinnamon and mushy, stewed carrots, has always seemed overly saccharine to me and I’ve thus […]

  • September 8, 2017

    Swedish Kardemummabullar 

    For all my talk of holding on to summer, I think I am leaning into fall with more enthusiasm than I expected. This happens every year, but I somehow always forget that I actually like the colder mornings and drinking coffee that isn’t iced. And eating soup. Oh, the soups! But we aren’t here to talk about […]

  • September 1, 2017

    Sour Cherry, Red Currant, Rye and Poppy Galette

    The changing of seasons makes me wistful. Have we come to the end already? Nights are already cool, mornings already crisp. The time seems to have slipped through my fingers and in my attempt to catch up with it, I am left grasping at air. I am worried that I will wake up and it […]

  • August 25, 2017

    Sweet Corn Ice Cream with Blueberry, Raspberry, Bay Leaf Swirl

    Things pop out at me, now. The way the air is beginning to cool earlier. The late summer prune plums at the market, heralding the almost onset of fall. The apples, at the market too. I want to tell the farmer it is too early for them, but who am I to argue with nature? […]

  • August 18, 2017

    Tomato & Zucchini Cobbler with Gruyere and Thyme Biscuits

    We’re making savory cobbler! Why let fruit have all the fun? This one’s quick, easy and full of flavor. The best kinds of cobbler are. We start with the filling: sliced zucchini, yellow summer squash and halved cherry tomatoes are combined with fresh thyme, salt, pepper and olive oil for lusciousness. A little bit of […]

  • August 11, 2017

    White Peach, Gooseberry and Spelt Pie

    To bottle summer- to capture its fleeting spirit- pie. Always pie. It starts with a good, flaky crust. It contains the prettiest of summer’s bounty. Hopefully, maybe if you are lucky, it is made at dusk, when the air is thick and the fireflies are dancing. Maybe, if you are like me, a midnight baker, […]

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