No matter what you prefer to call it–Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Pancake Day, or Paczki Day–the Tuesday before lent is set aside for gorging oneself before a hollow period of ruthless self-denial. I think there should be more holidays set aside for this activity. Once a year is not enough. I want to […]
Since it’s coming up on the one year anniversary of this blog, I’ve found myself doing a lot of reflecting on how far this project has come. I think if you would have asked me a year ago if I had a goal it would have been so singular and obvious–start writing the blog. What […]
There’s a common phrase that goes “cooking is an art, baking is a science.” I take issue with this. I understand that people more closely associate baking with science because there are perhaps more obvious and exacting chemical reactions (leavening, to name a big one) but flavor itself is a result of chemical reactions between […]
One of the best sources I use for finding retro recipe inspiration is from vintage brand advertisements. And, since I (tragically) don’t possess an endless personal library of such material, I often turn to the internet for resource. Nine times out of ten I end up on Pinterest. I never really valued the site much […]
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 […]
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