Tag: baking
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savor tooth CSA weeks 12 – 15: farewell, tomato season
According to the internet, tomato season in New York ends in October. Initially, this surprised me – tomatoes in fall? But sure enough, last weekend when we walked through the farmer’s market at Fort Greene park, there was a huge display of heirloom tomatoes in all the colors of the tomato rainbow. Likely, the last…
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savor tooth CSA weeks 7-11: peaches and plums
As I write this, it is fully fall and I’m falling behind on sharing updates from this CSA journey. In the interest of speeding things up, this post is dedicated to August which includes not four but FIVE weeks worth of CSA (I was traveling for the last week of July and therefore had some…
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savor tooth CSA weeks 2 + 3: what’s a red currant?
One week into our CSA season, we found ourselves committing one of the cardinal sins of community shared agriculture: we went out of town. I say this only somewhat in jest and given the season is 25 weeks long, it is inevitable that you may find yourself in this situation at least once if not…
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savor tooth CSA week 1: pesto, pesto, pesto
Going into the CSA, I expected each week to be a surprise – farmers market meets master chef mystery box. So the day before our first pickup, when I received a note in my inbox titled “GHCSA 2025 Week ONE”, I was delighted to find a fruit and veg sneak preview! This night-before-summary has turned…
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shiitake & brown sugar short-bread
Sitting down to write this, I can’t believe December is already coming to an end. 2024 was a very full year. I spent quality time with friends and family. I traveled, for work and for fun. I got engaged to the love of my life. I ran my second marathon, here in NYC. My partner…
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christmas cookie box 2024
Of all the months in the year, December is arguably the most cookie-forward. The NYT celebrates Cookie Week, publishing a perfectly balanced assortment of new and exciting cookie recipes. Chefs and amateur bakers alike host cookie parties and kids put out plates of cookies in offering to Old St. Nick. Family recipes are dusted off…
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humble pie
This year I set out on a baking journey. I wanted to learn by doing and eventually start to experiment and build on that knowledge. I set some guard-rails to narrow my focus and, let’s be honest, maximize my chances at success. Cookies were the name of the game. Approachable and endlessly flexible. There are…
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mole chocolate chip cookies
For the past few years at the end of October, beginning of November, I have built an ofrenda (altar) to celebrate Día de los Muertos. I started this tradition the year my maternal grandmother passed away – 2020, a challenging year for so many other reasons as well. It started small – a favorite photo…
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tahini raspberry blondies
If you hadn’t already noticed, I’m a big fan of all things sesame. It’s been a recurring ingredient in many of the previous recipes I’ve made (tahini crisps, black sesame shortbread, sesame-scallion shortbread, black sesame layer cake), but I recently realized that I hadn’t actually experimented with it in a Savor Tooth Snacks original. So,…
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goodbye, summer
Today is officially the last day of summer, September 21 aka the day before the autumnal equinox. I’m writing this on a flight to Iceland, so this year, the change in season will feel even more dramatic thanks to a rapid transition from sunny 78 degree days to 48 degrees and partly cloudy. Summer’s end…
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