The French macaron has become trendy in the past few years (my favorite flavors are earl grey, rose, and pistachio), leading to an occasional need for clarification between that cookie and the coconut macaroon. The similarity is in more than just the name; the two cookies are derived from a common almond-based ancestor, and both… Read More Chocolate-Drizzled Coconut Macaroons
After bringing home a bag of six bagels to eat with my smoked salmon I ate one only to find afterward that the next day the rest of them had gone green. But that’s okay; they were just a bag of plain grocery store bagels, not particularly great ones. I could make better bagels than… Read More Sourdough Everything Bagels
I’ve been using the same sourdough starter for about 11 months. I got it from the Meyers Bageri bakery at Grand Central. This bakery will, by company policy, give a little tub of sourdough starter to anyone who asks, but they will want to make sure you understand, before they give it to you, that… Read More Sourdough Pita
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