A Life in Baking, Pastry, and Libations.
Einkorn Grains Einkorn is an ancient grain that is often regarded as the predecessor of modern wheat. There is some debate about this origin story as the grain is also believed to have evolved from wild emmer wheat. Either way, einkorn is undergoing a renaissance in part because of its nutritional profile, but also because... Continue Reading →
When people think of vinegar, salad dressings and pickles usually spring to mind. Rarely does one think of fruit. But after staring wistfully at the couple hundred apple cores left from Thanksgiving pies, I researched fruit vinegars to use these fruit scraps that would otherwise be resigned to the trash heap. There are many ways... Continue Reading →
New Flours, New Flavors I’m bored with baking, baking with wheat flour that is. Last year, I stumbled upon a case of faro and chestnut flours in my work kitchen and played around with pound cakes, muffins, and sponge cakes. As wheat flour has formed with basis of baking traditions in the United States, it... Continue Reading →
I’ve been on a mad tear with the corn flour lately: corn flour biscuits, corn flour pancake, corn flour bread. Corn flour, which is super-fine ground cornmeal, adds a subtle corn flavor and stunning yellow hue to baked goods—all of the corn flavor with none of the grit. Although corn flour is gluten-free, I tend... Continue Reading →
I’ve always been a stickler for calling foods by their correct names. Gelato is gelato, not ice cream. A macaron and a macaroon are not the same cookie. So, I’ll be upfront and admit this recipe should really be called a sherbet since it contains dairy. By strict definition, sorbets are frozen concoctions of fruit,... Continue Reading →
Ricotta is underrated in the cheese world—always a supporting actress but never the lead. Cheese connoisseurs wax poetic about the vintage of a Cheddar cheese or the stink of a blue cheese but I’ve never heard people swoon over ricotta (unless they’re debating which ricotta makes the best cannoli filling). This ability to fade into... Continue Reading →
Buttery. Salted. Caramel. 