I’m not quite sure how I escaped it, but I only came across New York City’s Levain Bakery cookies a few months ago, despite their legendary status. After hours of research – comparing recipes, watching a 2008 video where the…
I’m not quite sure how I escaped it, but I only came across New York City’s Levain Bakery cookies a few months ago, despite their legendary status. After hours of research – comparing recipes, watching a 2008 video where the…
I’ve shared this recipe before. Almost six years ago to the day. The first snow had just fallen down, and we had just moved into our then-flat, the one where our bedroom windows overlooked the rooftops of Skellefteå. Six years…
[Swedish chocolate cake, of the Sunday kind] Everytime I come around here, a whole season has gone by. There was summer and its endless hours in the kitchen that I now call home. But before we knew it, the time…
I wish you were here with me. Sat on the patio. There is a wooden table which I’ve slowly taken over: notes, drawings of mushrooms, a mug holding watercolour brushes, a mismatch of cameras, and a cup of coffee hotter…
[Chocolate eclairs] When trees are shaped like hearts; and breakfast means just-brewed coffee slash bike ride slash jonchée eaten as soon as I’ve taken my gum boots off. And we run barefoot in fields of frost. And the grass glows…
[The ultimate chocolate fondant] In London, we’ve had winter in July. Air damp with rain. Kitchens warm with soup on the stove. Oven smelling like chocolate cake. And now, in the south of France, we’re having summer in September. Walks…
[Cocoa fudge-brownies] Brownies fondants au cacaoAdapted from Alice Medrich’s Bittersweet (thank you Deb). When I had my first bite of those insanely fudge-brownies, I felt sorry I hadn’t made them back when I first spotted them on Smitten Kitchen.At the…
I came across S'mores quite late in life. A Michael Recchiuti book. A tiny note at the bottom of a page. S'mores. A piece of chocolate and a marshmallow, sandwiched together in crisp graham crackers. After a quick moment in…