milwaukee: miss cupcake
My waistline, always in a state of peril as it is, was place in immediate danger of expansion. Miss Cupcake, Ashley Weber’s new storefront, opened yesterday just a few blocks from home. In fact it is the perfect distance for me when I go on short walks with my son Nicholas. The store promises to have pies, … Read more
obsession: chicago, bang bang pie shop
bang bang pie shop, enemy to my waistline – i see your pies in my dreams and my nightmares (when they are kept just out of my reach and I cannot quite taste the torched marshmallow fluff on top of a smooth chocolate ganache). you found a way of making logan square even more hipster, … Read more
gale gand’s blackberry financier… a little bigger
This weekend was Grace’s birthday and I decided to make her a cake. But after the arduous task of making the coconut cake, I thought something less mind-blowingly time consuming simplier would be in order. Years back we had seen a recipe from Gale Gand’s Sweet Dreams for a blackberry financier and thought this was the perfect … Read more
big a$$ coconut cake
It may seem silly to make a cake for a child that still isn’t even allowed solid food, but it seemed like an appropriate way to celebrate his first month alive (I also needed to bring something to a work related event, so two-birds-with-one-stone and all). What kind of cake would my 1 month old like? He does … Read more
singapore: street ice cream
One of the stranger things I’ve eaten on the streets of Singapore is not any animal viscera or a strange fungus, but an ice cream sandwich … literally … an ice cream sandwich. As I was strolling down Orchard Rd on a given tropic night, my mood was best described as moist; I saw the vendor on … Read more
singapore: mei heong yuen dessert, mango snow ice
After lunch at Holland XO Fish Head Bee Hun, the Singapore heat was starting to nag. As we were leaving Chinatown, we passed the open air Mei Heong Yuen Dessert. The restaurant takes up the space of two stalls side by side with some seating out front and serves traditional Asian desserts. While I love … Read more
