A Life in Baking, Pastry, and Libations.
When you think of olive oil, dessert is not the first thing to come to mind. In Italy and the Mediterranean, olive oil is so abundant that it’s cheaper than butter and is a common ingredient for baking. Some would say using olive oil in desserts is just a trend but I hope it’s a... Continue Reading →
With the brisk chill of autumn approaching, our appetites crave hearty comfort food. It's an awkward time for pastry as summer fruits drift slowly out of season but fall crops have yet to come to fruition. The nights may be chilly but the days are still too long for the cinnamon-scented warmth of pumpkin pie... Continue Reading →
The dessert was a corn semifreddo paired with polenta cake, popcorn shoots and blueberries. Halfway through service, one of the restaurant’s owners proclaimed that the dessert was disgusting and 86ed it for the rest of the night. The chef blamed the owner’s boorish behavior by explaining that he didn’t understand the concept of using savory... Continue Reading →
Buttery. Salted. Caramel. 