A more descriptive name for this could be Cookie Dough Pie. The filling is composed of very basic ingredients (eggs, sugar, a little flour, butter) and accessorized with chocolate chips, walnuts, and whiskey; when it comes out of the oven, it’s not exactly custardy (due to the flour) and not exactly cakey, with the sweetness of pecan pie [...]
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Cookbook Review: Baked
When the beloved Brooklyn bakery, Baked, issued its first cookbook, I was all over it. The founders/authors, Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito, began with a mission and ended up with a great story: to create The Best Bakery in an industrial expanse, serving all-American treats with friendly service, while overcoming logistical challenges and having their signature [...]
Sweet and Tart Greek Yogurt Cupcakes
I’ve all but given up American-style yogurt; I now favor the thick, tangy Greek variety that is finally available in most supermarkets. It’s largely, but not solely, a taste issue: plain Greek yogurt not only has a more assertive flavor that melds well with fruit, granola, honey, and any number of other accessories, [...]
Babbo’s Venetian Apple Cake
This unassuming, modest-looking Venetial Apple Cake is, so far, my favorite recipe from the new book of Babbo restaurant’s desserts, Dolce Italiano, by Gina De Palma. Polenta lends it a slight chewiness; a grated apple nearly dissolves into the rest of the batter when baked, producing a sweet flavor that is intensified by the addition [...]
Kitchen Arts & Letters
A must-visit for any baker, cooker, or food-lover in the city is Kitchen Arts & Letters, a cozy nook on the Upper East Side specializing in cookbooks and other culinary literature. It is organized into sections according to subject, including soups, salads, chocolate, baking, and books by big-name chefs. Hard-to-find and out-of-print books can be had [...]
Book Review: Dolce Italiano
For the serious baker (and by “serious” I mean obsessed with making and eating pastries and the like), I recommend Gina De Palma’s Dolce Italiano cookbook for its recipes, of course, but also for its instructional value. You will learn so much from this book. Doing a cursory flip-through, I was a bit intimidated; De Palma is, duh, [...]
