I Met Kim-Joy! That’s it. That’s the post. Ok, a little more.. In a case of worlds colliding, she was at New York Comic Con which I attend every year. Along with, of course, baking, she also published a graphic novel last year. She had the graphic novel, which I’ll admit I didn’t buy, along […]
Moving house along with assorted other life events have stopped me from posting much, but I wanted to put up a quick post from my Easter Bakes. The pièce de résistance was Guiseppe’s pastiera. According to Guiseppe, it’s the most traditional easter back in the Campania region of Italy. It uses a very unusual ingredient, Grano
I made an Apple Marzipan Tart for my in-law’s dual birthday celebration. They decided that my mother-in-law would pick the theme this year and she requested apple. I’d been looking for an excuse to make something from Jurgen Krauss’ (of GBBO) book The German Baking Book, and found this recipe. The Marzipan As you might
Easter-over bakes! I’m Jewish (with an emphasis on the ish), and my wife and the rest of the family are varying flavors and levels of Christian. This year Easter and Passover happened to overlap, so of course I needed to bake for both. The first of the Easter-over bakes is the Passover one. I went
I put the lime in the coconut! For my in-law’s joint birthdays (they are like 3 days apart) they requested a coconut cake. I didn’t just want to make plain coconut cake so I brainstormed ideas with my wife. She suggested a lime/coconut cake as a good combination. Since I’m also trying to do a