Japanese-style cheesecake, also called “cotton cheesecake” is sort of a cross between a traditional cheesecake and an angel food cake (or more accurately, a castella cake). The bulk of the cake is meringue, and this gives the cake its signature jiggle. I first heard of this cake from a Facebook ad for Keki Modern Cakes,… Read More Chocolate Blood Orange Japanese Cheesecake
After picking up a couple boxes of doorknobs somebody was giving away on Craigslist we wound up at our first spot an hour early, and by pure luck found that the trash was also being put out an hour early, in order to clear the street for filming. We were able to quickly amass a… Read More March 4, 2019
As a child I often made the pudding recipes in the Betty Crocker cookbook. My mom always had two copies of the book so she could photocopy pages that got too covered in batter, and she kept drawings by me and my sister pressed between the pages. She gave me one of those copies, and… Read More Amarena Cherry Chocolate Pudding
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
