Biscotti are my favorite cookies to make–and to eat. They are easily customizable, the dough tastes amazing, and they are addictively crunchy. I eat them in multiples, unabashedly. This recipe comes from Dorie Greenspan’s Lenox Biscotti in Baking: From My Home to Yours, but I have omitted the cornmeal and taken some liberties with the mix-ins. You could [...]
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Salted Peanut Butter Cookies
It’s no secret that salt makes desserts taste better; just a pinch enhances the sweeter elements in the dish. It can also play a larger role and provide an interesting counterpart to the sweetness: salted-caramel macarons at Laduree, truffles topped with fleur de sel, even something as pedestrian as chocolate-covered pretzels.
I wanted to apply this [...]
Someone Scrunched My Images
After upgrading to the newest version of Wordpress it seems like many of the images on this blog were scrunched from their normal 550px width to Wordpress’ preferred 500px. From what I can tell images from my WP 2.5 installation forward were affected. I fixed those but if you see any images that seem [...]
Brooklyn Must-Do: Almondine
If there were ever a bakery worth crossing a monumental bridge for, it would be Almondine, in the DUMBO area of Brooklyn. On the first truly warm day in NYC, we decided to brave the tourists and cyclists on the Brooklyn Bridge in the name of the city’s best baguette, as named by New [...]
A Few Notes on Paris
I was lucky enough to spend a few days in Paris with some girlfriends, and realized that whenever I go, I mentally compile a list of must-dos. Here are a few that always make the cut:
Celebrate Hot Chocolate!
It has been brought to my attention that The City Bakery is having its annual Hot Chocolate Festival, lasting the duration of February. This is big news not only because I celebrate hot chocolate whenever I have the chance, but also because they are rotating new, temporary flavors to accompany the original. Banana Peel, [...]
