The Power of No Flour
Posted in Holiday, cake and cupcakes, chocolate on Apr 8th, 2009
This was me, a few days ago. Actually, not me. More like that was an Apricot Chocolate Torte a few days ago. And before it had been finished, it looked like this…
Posted in Holiday, cake and cupcakes, chocolate on Apr 8th, 2009
This was me, a few days ago. Actually, not me. More like that was an Apricot Chocolate Torte a few days ago. And before it had been finished, it looked like this…
Posted in cake and cupcakes, marriage, sketchbook on Nov 15th, 2008
Homemade visuals normally get tossed into Drawing Board, but – it’s Saturday, and I’m much too lazy for a full-on post. And it’s not like you’ll be cooking today or anything. Surely on the weekend, reservations and wordless posts are best. Anyway, found within a stack and then another stack of dubious food-sketchbook archives, here [...]
Posted in Chicagoland, cake and cupcakes, culinary school, marriage on Nov 13th, 2008
On our 15th anniversary, a look back at the most important cake I never made. ———– We’d insisted on a November wedding – autumn, crisp and comfortable – but now, standing in satin heels before a seated crowd at the Knickerbocker Hotel, I thought, what the hell does it matter what month it is, except [...]
Posted in Tell Simmer, cake and cupcakes, recipes on Oct 28th, 2008
Carole Walter is a master baker who’s written six major cookbooks and taught 25,000 students over 30 dedicated years. She’s known as a “seasoned, creative and accomplished baking and food professional specializing in American and European pies, cakes, cookies, pastries, desserts, and breads.” So…with all that international acclaim, media love and a James Beard award-winning [...]
Posted in breakfast & brunch, cake and cupcakes, recipes on Oct 10th, 2008
Do you know what I’ve learned about blogging? Never type a promise you can’t keep. You know, like “read my lips” or in this case, “read my crumb cake.” I dangled a crumb cake photo the other day – wait, here it is… …and giddily responding to comments – I am always giddy with the [...]