It’s easy to exist in a bubble. Particularly when the sky is blue, the ocean beckons and your head is giddy because your best friend just gave birth to twin boys. When you spend a good smattering of your life tending to the whims of shin-high folk, the outside world can get smaller. Not because […]
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The Film: The Dish: The Reason: We celebrate the advent of years with birthday cakes. Unlike Richard Linklater’s opus ‘Boyhood’, this particular project won’t take twelve summers to complete. Our delight in watching Mason (Ellar Coltrane) physically age from six to eighteen through the course of the film is matched by the spotlight Linklater shines […]
The Film: The Dish: The Reason: “From the far away land of Zubrowka there lived a legendary pâtissier: Herr Mendl. He created a pastry that would captivate Zubrowka’s people for generations. Upon his passing his will stated that the recipe was never to be revealed. This recipe came from a 1963 recipe left lying on […]
Back to the daily grind. Holidays are hard to leave behind, even if they’re largely spent in your own home. In your future memories, you skim over the gritty bits. You forget the morning march of ants stalking the watermelon you’re slicing in the kitchen. You omit the nightly feeling of a sunburned shin […]
A special occasion calls for a special cake. Ten years ago, I was put in charge of sourcing such a dessert. It was for my sister’s wedding. She had just started a new job and moved back home from the other side of the world. She had perfectly planned her dress, the flowers, music, decorations […]