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THE PERFECT AGE For Cupcakes
In August 2009, I made my first Stupidly Simple Snacks video in which I bumbled through banana shakes. Twelve months later, I’m still bumbling, making videos, eating cupcakes and, somewhere along the line, gained a teenage fan base.
A TINY ICE CREAM SANDWICH STORY
J’ Chanceux Macaron • 202a mott st, nyc, 718 916 5119
I RECENTLY BEGAN WRITING FOR TASTING TABLE. My first write-up, on ice macaron by J’Chanceux Macaron in Manhattan’s Nolita neighborhood, went up last week while I was traveling and eating through western New York.
RASPBERRY BAKESHOP: Explained
Raspberry Bakeshop • Brooklyn, New York I first met Roopa of Raspberry Bakeshop at the Brooklyn Chocolate Experiment in November. There were about two dozen contestants slinging chocolate bites that day, but Roopa’s Thai chili-lime chocolate ice cream and mini hand-rolled cocoa ginger Thai basil cones won the competition and deservedly so! I’d never seen [...]
VILLAGE TART • Pastries Short Ribs FREE TIRAMISU
VILLAGE TART • 86 Kenmare Street, New York City, 212 226 4980. Follow them on Twitter @villagetart I TEND TO AVOID NEW YORK CITY RESTAURANTS WHEN THEY FIRST OPEN, unless I’m required to go for an assignment. Thus, I wasn’t in a rush to dig a fork in Nolita’s Village Tart til opening ceremonies were [...]
I’M NOT A GLUTTON • I JUST BAKE A LOT
IF I’VE LEARNED ANYTHING FROM BLOGGING IT’S YOU ARE WHAT YOU BLOG. So when I wax poetic on brownies, deep-fried turkeys and show more interest in food than people, it’s easy to assume I’m eating it all too. I like the way my friend Melody of Gourmet Fury put it: “On the surface, I appear [...]
SAVING BEST FOR LAST in Red Hook • Brooklyn
“IF IT WEREN’T FOR THE LAST MINUTE, nothing would ever get done” so the saying goes. We suspect whoever coined the phrase did it in December. After all, between entertaining out-of-towners and amassing a collection of white elephant rejects, the end-of-year is probably the last place you’d look for an eleventh-hour escape. But Brooklyn’s Red [...]
KUMQUAT CUPCAKE Wednesday
I ARRIVED EARLY TO SELL CUPCAKES ON WEDNESDAY. It was the first job I’ve had to physically report to in a year so I was anxious I’d be late. But thanks to actually leaving the apartment on time, I made it to the corner of 4th and Lafayette with ten minutes to spare! (Cue the [...]
The CHEWY CHOCOLATE HEART of Bad Habits
HOW I FAILED ENGLISH IN HIGH SCHOOL, the honor and irony of earning a blog award, sugar overload and why “no” does not work because the sky’s the limit. Plus, a chewy chocolate cookie recipe from Jason’s mom!
Chocolate BREAK/COUNTDOWN
4:13PM I JUST REALIZED THE NANAIMO BARS I’m entering into tomorrow’s Brooklyn Chocolate Experiment taste rubbish at room temperature. I don’t think this would be an issue if they were normal Nanaimo bar-size, but my scaled down, bite-size version makes the chocolate-custard square melt quickfast! I am off to buy ice packs after I finish [...]
Chocolate FOR THE WIN
I’VE BEEN BAKING. And crushing, chopping, melting, stirring, sifting, pressing, spreading, cutting, rolling, dipping, and photographing like mad. Two weeks ago, I entered the Brooklyn Chocolate Experiment thinking, “Fourteen days will surely be enough time to overcome 25 years of kitchen nightmares, to pick a worthy recipe and, of course, to write about it.” With [...]
NOT MAKING WHOOPIE (Pie)
ON FRIDAY I ATTEMPTED to make pumpkin whoopie pies. Midway through the struggle to keep the directions straight (granulated sugar, light brown sugar, dark brown sugar, prepare wet and dry ingredients separately, then mix, but don’t overmix…) I nearly stopped to bake chewy chocolate cookies instead. I was frustrated with myself and the video game-playing [...]
SQUEEZING FOR SOFTNESS & other taste tests
I LEARNED WHAT HAMENTASHEN are during a free Dessert Tour around the Upper East Side on Sunday. The sugar-powered excursion began at Beanocchio’s where the guide, Bruce, introduced himself and recommended the black & white cookie in the same breath – “Get them before they’re gone!” I made a beeline for the counter, feeling smug [...]
BILLY’S BAKERY : All I Ever Wanted
Me: Happy to hear the beach was everything you wanted it to be! Did you swim? Jackie: Indeed I did and saved some clams from death! IT’S BEEN AN AGREEABLE Labor Day weekend and it was in these 80 degree days that I got to thinking about happiness while watching a homeless guy dip his [...]
BAKED NYC : As Good As It Gets
Baked NYC | 359 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn, 718 222 0345 BY THE LOOKS of the last three posts, it probably appears that I decided to screw savory eats indefinitely for sweets. Truth is, while I have yet to give up cheeseburgers and chicken in real life, I find desserts much more photogenic than cuts [...]
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