View fullsize Petition to make the @smittenkitchen brown butter sour cherry bars the official dessert of the summer. Existing at the sweet spot between pie and blondies these are totally worth turning the oven on (even when it’s 90 degrees)
View fullsize Some fun facts you probably didn’t know about me: 1. I had my 16th birthday party @metcloisters (why yes I was very cool in high school thanks for asking) 2. I was super into calligraphy for a loooooooooong time 3. When I saw illuminated manus
View fullsize Graduation caps, Jumbo the elephant and 2020 cookies for my favorite Tufts grad (who is not on insta, of course). And shout out to @amchatfield for driving into Manhattan to pick these up!
View fullsize I feel like this rhubarb cake photo somehow came out looking like a book cover? Please submit title suggestions/plot summaries in the comments 📖
View fullsize Thank you to @hmcasales and @grahamandcompany for giving me an excuse to try something I’ve always wanted to do— a pressed flower cake! 🌼🌹🌸
View fullsize If you’ve ever been over here for dinner, you know this maple cake with cream cheese frosting is a forever fav in this house. Check out the process in my story so you can make your own (at least until we can all go back to housing dinner partie
View fullsize I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, the @bravetart brownie recipe is the shiny-topped, fudgy, deep dark brownie of my dreams and has ruined me for all others. Consider yourselves warned!
View fullsize Put two of these beautiful babka babies in the mail today to say thank you to the staff who’ve been taking wonderful care of my grandparents in Massachusetts. It’s not nearly enough, but here’s hoping these will brighten their day!
View fullsize Immensely grateful for all the different kinds of moms in my life— with a capital “M”, in all but law, grandmas, aunts and godmothers, friends’ moms, friends who became moms, moms who because friends, work moms, barn moms, men
View fullsize Once upon a rainy day in Vermont, I had a burnt sugar fennel shortbread cookie I’ve been thinking about ever since. This is my first attempt at reverse-engineering the recipe (with the addition of brown butter and sea salt) and while they&rsquo
View fullsize This just in: even when everything is terrible, cookies are still good. Check out my story for the recipe so you too can have warm, melty cookies all week 🍪
View fullsize Yesterday was a Sword in the Scone first—a transatlantic virtual photo shoot with @rinopucci ! We talked cake, quarantine, and the limits of natural light in ground floor apartments. Oh yeah, and we made this fabulous Earl Grey Yogurt Cake from
View fullsize *train announcer voice* Due to birthday festivities on the 2 line we are experiencing increased happiness. Brilliant subway-theme concept credit to @elizavincent and a very happy 2nd birthday to the person I’m most excited to see in Zoom meetin
View fullsize Don’t worry, I’m not entertaining—this cheese board is alllllll for me. And maybe @trashcanschool since he spent all day fixing our bathroom sink. Check out my story for the recipe for these whole wheat herb crackers!
View fullsize If you’re looking for a dessert for your Passover table, or just can’t get any flour, look no further than the flourless chocolate cake with coffee and rose water from the wonderful Sweet by @ottolenghi and @helen_goh_bakes . Even without
View fullsize Week 3 quarantine diary: I have succumbed to the sourdough craze. Ultimately, this was probably inevitable so I guess I just need to accept that this is who I am now 🤣 hope you all are finding ways to cope with these crazy times (perhaps ways that d
View fullsize Sometimes I make savory things too 🤷‍♀️ Sweet potato and tamarind onion galette in a rye crust or, stuff I had lying around assembled into a meal.
View fullsize Trying to keep focused on the positive, like the fact that working from home means whipping up a batch of biscuits on my lunch break, while chatting on the phone with @seachangeflower
View fullsize Absolutely over the moon with how this Nowruz cake turned out. Persian rug cake ala @alanajonesmann with pistachio layers, saffron custard cream (recipe from @ottolenghi ) and a honey rose buttercream adapted from @bravetart . Best quarantine project