Who leaves a three-month bakery apprenticeship and just days later feels confident enough to bake for 400 people? Of course, that would be me. Full disclosure: I never baked anything at Flour Bakery + Cafe during my tenure. They don’t let the interns near the ovens except for toasting nuts, which I did many times […]
…which set the tone for my first day of the week at Flour. Simply stated, I was a total spaz yesterday. Not only did I lack sleep, my routine was altered, and now I’m worried I’ve morphed into a perimenopausal cat. Working on maybe 5 hours of sleep, I drove — in a downpour — […]
The Second Act of my life began yesterday at 6:50 a.m. when I entered the doors at Flour Bakery + Café with a smile on my face and chef’s pants in my tote bag. I left 11 hours later with the same smile, dirty chefs pants and a sense of pride. Sadly, I could barely walk. […]
How much do I love lemons? If I have a choice of a sweet made with chocolate or lemon, the fruit wins every single time. If I’m cooking and I think the dish needs “a little something,” it’s usually lemon or lemon peel. And of all the people on TV, “30 Rock” funnygal Liz Lemon […]
As Julia Child once said, “People who love to eat are always the best people.” Her words rang true on Saturday during a Boston Foodie Tour of Beacon Hill and the Back Bay where I was amongst my people –- guys and gals obsessed with food and eating. The 5-hour+ tour, which began at the Liberty […]
I treated myself tonight by pre-ordering Joanne Chang’s “Flour, Too.” It will arrive in early June. The first “Flour” is one of my go-to cookbooks for all things pastry. Her Banana Bread is the best you’ll ever eat, the New Old Fashioned Coffee Cake will be a classic and her Pain Aux Raisins are magnifique! […]