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Hazelnut Raspberry Friands
Friands are one of my favorite French pastries to bake. Why? you ask. They’re incredibly easy. All you do is combine some regular flour, nut flour, egg whites, and sugar in a food processor, spin it until the batter is … Continue reading
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Tagged baker, baking, cake, dessert, french baking, french food, french pastries, french pastry, friands, home baker, home baking, pastries, pastry, recipe, recipes
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Baked Doughnuts with Askinosie Chocolate
I was craving doughnuts the other day, so I decided to make a big batch of them for breakfast Friday morning. I love doughnuts of all shapes and sizes: Baked, fried, glazed, frosted…As long as it’s sweet and fluffy with … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Brunch, Chocolate, Uncategorized
Tagged Askinosie chocolate, baked doughnuts, baker, baking, baking project, breakfast, brunch, Chocolate, delicious, donut, donuts, doughnut, doughnuts, home baker, home baking, pastry, rainbow sprinkles, sprinkles
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Pain au Chocolat
Since making pain aux raisins went so well a few weeks ago, I decided to continue my French baking journey and make pain au chocolat over the weekend. Little did I know that the process would span three days, and … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Uncategorized
Tagged baker, baking, french baking, french pastries, home baker, home baking, lamination, pain au chocolat, pastry, pâtisserie
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Pain aux Raisins
The last time I was in Paris six years ago, I stopped by one of my favorite bookstores in the city (and honestly, the world), Shakespeare and Company. Located in Paris’s Left Bank neighborhood, it’s an English bookstore that once … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Uncategorized
Tagged baker, baking, breakfast, croissant, croissants, france, french baking, french food, french pastry, home baker, home baking, pain aux raisins, pastries, pastry, pâtisserie, Pâtisserie at Home, viennoiseries, Will Torrent
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Blueberry Peach Pie
I bought some star cookie cutters a couple months ago to use for the Fourth of July, when I thought I was going to make a fruit pie with stars-and-stripes topping. That never happened because I made blueberry cobbler instead. I … Continue reading
Posted in Dessert, Pie, Uncategorized
Tagged all-butter pie dough, baker, baking, blueberry, blueberry peach pie, delicious, dessert, home baker, home baking, pastry, peach, pie, pie dough, stone fruit, summer food, summer fruit, summer recipe, summer recipes, sweet, sweets
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Dimanche (That Means Sunday)
Welcome to this edition of Dimanche (That Means Sunday), a roundup of things that caught my eye this past week. This week was a blur for me. I started recovering from being sick, celebrated the Fourth of July, and then … Continue reading
Posted in Dimanche (That Means Sunday), Uncategorized
Tagged bakery, blueberry cobbler, france, french pastries, Longview Farm Park, Nathaniel Reid, pastry, PlaneBae, soccer, Southerly, Southern Food, St. Louis, St. Louis dining scene, St. Louis eats, St. Louis food, St. Louis food scene, Toyota, Vivian Howard, World Cup
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Washington, DC
When I got off the plane in Washington, DC on Sunday, I texted my friend Rachel. I was supposed to meet up with her to go to a friend’s birthday picnic in Virginia. I walked through Reagan Airport (pictured above), … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Traveling, Uncategorized
Tagged Australian coffee, avocado toast, bao, Bluestone Lane, Bread Furst, Bun'd Up, Burmese food, Caribbean food, coffee, D.C. eats, D.C. food, D.C. food scene, DC eats, DC food, DC food scene, DC restaurants, Dolcezza, falooda, french pastry, hummus, Israeli cuisine, Israeli food, Kith and Kin, Little Red Fox, pain au chocolat, pastry, rouget escovitch, Sababa Uptown, Seafood, soft serve, The Wharf, Toli Moli, Union Market, Washington D.C., Washington D.C. food
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Toronto and Montréal
A year and a half ago after the election (it feels like so much longer), I told everyone that I was going to flee to Canada. There was a flight leaving for Toronto next to my flight back to St. … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Traveling, Uncategorized
Tagged Balouza, Bang Bang Ice Cream & Bakery, Blackbird Baking Co, Canada, Canadian food, carrots, Cheskie's, chocolate poppyseed knot, chocolatine, cocktail, crepe, Drinks, FIKA Cafe, flatbread, galette, Ice Cream, ice cream sandwich, Jerusalem artichoke, labneh, Larry's, Le Bilboquet, Le Plateau Mont-Royal, Les Co'Pains d'abord, Marché Jean-Talon, Montréal, Montréal food, Montreal bagel, mussels, pain aux raisins, pasta, pastries, pastry, potato salad, Restaurant Maison Publique, Restaurant Manitoba, rugelach, smashed pea and mint toast, Soufi's, St-Viateur Bagel Shop, strawberry shortcakes, Swedish food, Syrian food, toast, Toronto, Toronto food, travel, travel photography, traveling
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Nathaniel Reid Bakery
A little more than a year ago before I moved back to St. Louis, I read about Nathaniel Reid Bakery. Reid, a classically-trained pastry chef, is from St. Louis. He moved back to town after living in France and Southern … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged cake, financier, french bakery, french baking, french food, gourmet, Kirkwood, Kyoto, macarons, Nathaniel Reid Bakery, Paris-Brest, pastry, pâtisserie, St. Louis, St. Louis dining, St. Louis eats, St. Louis food, St. Louis food scene
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Blueberry Clafoutis
Clafoutis is an under-appreciated French dessert, in my humble opinion. Maybe it’s appreciated more in France but in America, it doesn’t always get the face time it deserves. People are distracted by more popular French pastries like macarons and croissants. … Continue reading
Posted in Dessert, Uncategorized
Tagged blueberry clafoutis, clafoutis, custard, custard pie, delicious, dessert, easy dessert, eggs, french, french baking, French desserts, french pastry, holiday dessert, holiday party, holiday recipes, holidays, party dessert, pastry, pâtisserie, winter dessert
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