me versus the meringue.

October 19, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

My father-in-law is the undisputed king of meringue in the family – I’ve never seen someone whip up a batch so effortlessly. I always get nervous when making meringue – will it be too dry? Too tacky? It’s a crapshoot every time, at least for me. But when I saw these gorgeous organic raspberries at […]

this happened last night.

October 22, 2012.Reading time 4 minutes.

I don’t really get around to baking all that often, but last night I was inspired to make a couple of batches of madeleines, flavored with orange flower water. I think we ate nearly a dozen of them last night as they were cooling. Jules looked sad when he asked if I was going to […]