Tag: dessert
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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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lessons from a layer cake
2024 is positively flying by. As I look back at all the things I’ve made because of this project, I’m simultaneously impressed (15 cookies made, 4 of them self-developed!) and also a little discouraged (only 15 cookies? In the span of 8 months? That’s less than 2 a month!) However, one thing I knew going…
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white cheddar guava shortbread
I love markets. Be it your local grocery store, neighborhood bodega, Saturday-morning farmer’s market, international bazaar or mercado, the act of wandering these spaces brings me joy. When I walk into a market, all of my senses are bombarded. The sheer volume of things to see and touch, the bountifulness of it all, inspires a…
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goat cheese buckwheat linzer cookies with rhubarb jam
Every year, around late spring, one of my favorite ingredients emerges for a limited time only: rhubarb. The first sight of the bright pink stalks brings with it the reassurance that the mercurial weather of early spring (sunny and 65 one day, frigid the next) has passed and the anticipation of warm summer nights, rooftop…
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battle of the rice krispy treats
Following the challenges of my last baking project, I thought I’d take it a little easier this week. Enter: the rice krispy treat. Rice krispy treats are the epitome of easy – in their simplest form, they only require three ingredients: marshmallows, butter, and Rice Krispies cereal. You can pull together a batch in less…
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