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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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? […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
seasonal eats + sweet treats
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