In my native New York, I don’t feel the need to perfume the air around me with the sweet scent of challah. But here in Iowa, there is a void I need to fill.
baking
Posted inFood, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
Bagels are the Best Ring-Shaped Breakfast Food and I Will Brook No Other Opinion
I love bagels, but not as as much as Lloyd Squires loves bagels.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, Highlight, Quotes
Bread, Disrupted
Bread: it was so terrible, right? Thank goodness the tech industry finally iterated on it so we can make a decent piece of toast after 6,000 years.
Posted inArts & Culture, Food, Highlight, Quotes
A Family’s Pear Pie Tradition Binds Them Together
A woman makes sand-pear pie with her grandmother and remembers a family ritual.
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Forgetting the Madeleine
A pastry chef reflects on taste, memory, and literature’s most famous confection.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Food, Nonfiction, Story
Forgetting the Madeleine
A pastry chef reflects on taste, memory, and literature’s most famous confection.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Food, Nonfiction
Forgetting the Madeleine
A pastry chef reflects on taste, memory, and literature’s most famous confection.
Posted inEditor's Pick
I Made the Pizza Cinnamon Rolls from Mario Batali’s Sexual Misconduct Apology Letter
“Batali does not specify how tightly to roll the dough. I do so too tightly because fuck everything.”
Posted inCurrent Events, Food
Cookie Tasting with Trump’s Billionaire Backer
Before she was a major power broker in Washington, Rebecca Mercer was a bakery owner. Politico puts her cookies to the test.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
Kitchen Rhythm: A Year in a Parisian Pâtisserie
An Oxford grad learns to navigate boiling sugar, sleep deprivation, and exacting pastry chefs with whom she can barely communicate.