small scale baking for home cooks & pastry nerds
There’s something ridiculously indulgent about having freshly baked cinnamon rolls for breakfast. There’s also something ridiculously annoying about having to wake up hours before the cinnamon rolls are ready. I always wind up hungry long before the rolls are ready to go into the oven. … Read More
They say once you have been to New York you keep a little part of it in your heart forever. Or at least Adele said that on SNL recently. Personally, I think the piece I kept was a deep and undying love for bagels with … Read More
Recently I’ve been trying (really trying here) to bake a reasonable amount for two people (instead of 10). Initially, I was reducing recipes by literally just using smaller quantities, but then I started needing “1/7th of an egg” and obnoxious things like that. So now … Read More
A fall brunch for two people (or an ode to the Apple Pancake) I think Saturday morning brunches are potentially the definition of happiness. There’s just something so insanely perfect about having good food (ideally an apple pancake) and the whole weekend stretching out ahead … Read More
I’ve realized that one of the things that I really struggle with is baking less. It’s one of my real life worries. (See my small batch of sourdough and the paragraphs of complaints about the state of my freezer). That, and political upheaval; the state … Read More