Author Archives: Emily Wasserman

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About Emily Wasserman

Bonjour! My name is Emily and I'm a writer based in St. Louis. I'm also a home baker with a small business, Amélie Bakery. I'm a self-proclaimed Francophile and love French pastries and baking.

Pizza Break: Pizzeoli

Ever since I moved back to St. Louis, I’ve been hearing about Pizzeoli. A local food publication ran an article about them semi-recently saying that the owner takes Neapolitan pizza pie-making very seriously. I like people who are dedicated to … Continue reading

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Spinach Salad with Port Salut and Sour Cherries

I’ve been talking to you a lot about ice cream and hot dogs lately, so I decided to tell you about this salad. I was having a bad day earlier this week and I realized that, on top of everything … Continue reading

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Hot Dogs: It’s Complicated

I have a complicated relationship to hot dogs. It all started about twenty five years ago when I ate one for the first time. I immediately fell in love. I loved the way the skin on the hot dog snapped … Continue reading

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Porridge with Local Strawberry Rhubarb Jam and Lemon Crème Fraîche

This porridge was almost toast, but I’m so happy that it wasn’t. I bought some crème fraîche on Sunday and I was thinking of spreading it on toast and topping it with strawberry rhubarb jam that I bought in Ste. Geneviève … Continue reading

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Green Spirulina Smoothie Bowl

I’ve wanted to make a spirulina smoothie bowl for a year. I kept seeing pictures of bright green bowls on Instagram and I wondered how they turned that color. Then, I read through captions and realized that people were using … Continue reading

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Taum Sauk Mountain and Arcadia Valley

The summer before my freshman year of high school, I went to sleep away camp in a tiny town next to Taum Sauk Mountain in southern Missouri’s Arcadia Valley. I didn’t appreciate nature as much then, so the highlight of my … Continue reading

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Vicia

Last night, I met my friend Emma for dinner at Vicia. I’d already been there once before for lunch a month ago, right after they opened. But their dinner menu looked more involved, so I wanted to go back for … Continue reading

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Matcha Green Smoothie Bowl with Coconut and Ginger Papaya Granola

I made this matcha green smoothie bowl a couple weeks ago but I forgot to tell you about it. It deserves some air time. Whenever I make a green smoothie, I think of the scene from Love when Gillian Jacobs makes … Continue reading

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Simple Pleasures: Toast and Jam

When I was in Ste. Geneviève last weekend, I went into an antique store across the street from where I ate lunch. I found a lot of random trinkets, and I also literally stumbled on the shop owner napping (more … Continue reading

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Hawn State Park and Ste. Geneviève

I like to spend at least one day hiking every weekend. I find that this does two things: It keeps me in shape, and it keeps me sane. No matter what kind of day I’m having, if I spend a … Continue reading

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