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And Eat It, Too

I told my kids about my cake book deal in the car on the way to music lessons. They excitedly suggested that we had to celebrate with cake (a perfectly understandable choice considering the subject), but I quickly reminded them that even th...

17 days ago
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United Cakes of America

Over the past few years, I’ve talked about Inauguration Cakes, written about the evolution of the Flag Cake (again, neither Ina nor Martha invented this cake), and waxed about the democratization of Election Cakes. As I was thinking of what...

a month ago
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The Food Book Summer Reading Challenge

In the summer of 1999, I was 10 years old and all I wanted to do was read. While summertime offered seemingly endless amounts of free time for my preferred hobbies (reading and writing weird little stories), it also meant months away from m...

2 months ago
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A Little Sociocultural History of Sprinkles

In the United States, land of Funfetti and the recently viral sprinkle-covered DotCake, we generally call anything one sprinkles on top of a baked good a “sprinkle.” There are regional variations, of course, including “jimmies” in New Engla...

3 months ago
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Happy Birthday, An American Girl Anthology!

Today is the 1-year anniversary of An American Girl Anthology’s pub day. It’s also the anniversary of my mother’s passing from cancer back in 2013.

I’ve spent a good chunk of this last year going to book talks and virtual library events,...

3 months ago
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    Food writer & recipe developer who got a PhD & then got lost in the cookbook archives. Currently working on a book about cake history. Read PENKNIFE for bite-sized bits of research, recipes, & food history.

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