I feel strongly that any decent lunch ends with a cookie. It will come as little surprise then that I also have very strong feelings about what type of cookie is superlative. It has to be dry, or maybe crumbly is a better descriptor, but what I mean is that I don’t think 12:00 pm […]
Once in a while I get an idea in my head for a project and I just can’t let it go. Such was the case for my gingerbread house and such was the case for these cookies. I think I must be drawn to self-afflicted torture. Hand cramps and eye strain aside, there’s something really satisfying […]
I’m not sure there exists another baked good that incites the same kind of pavlovian reaction as the Madeleine. If a Madeleine recipe does not in some way, shape or form pay homage to Proust then, I ask, is it even a Madeleine recipe? This one, I’m afraid, is no exception. If you don’t know […]
This year I have made a conscientious effort to become a better baker. I basically want to go from someone who likes to make cake sometimes to someone who knows the difference between Chiffon, Sponge, and Genoise (not yet, but I’m trying). I’m mostly going about this by simply making things I haven’t made before–things […]
I’m not sure there are very many things in life more satisfying than a classic peanut butter cookie. They’re sort of the underdog of the cookie world; Devoid of flashy add-ins, they may seem, on the surface, less interesting than the other cookies on the table. I firmly believe their unassuming nature adds to their […]
La Retro Recipe 