Category Archives: Baking

Sugar, Brown Sugar, Butter, Cinnamon, Flour: At 5, and at 25

By allison | Published: June 30, 2009
Crumb cake. My mom always used to have this crumbly, powdered sugar or drizzled sugar covered pastry fresh from the local bakery. I used to analyze the layers, cake, swirls of cinnamon, topped with tiny knobs of brown sugar rolled in butter. The soft cake and the crunch of the oh-so-bad-for-you mixture. I would always [...]
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Back in Action.

By Allison | Published: November 19, 2008
Thanks Adam for the mention today, even if you did get my name wrong.  I mean all we ever really shared was a few bites in Hoboken and my now favorite sundae in the world at Marco & Pepe. I stopped by Momofuku Milk Bar yesterday evening in the midst of rush hour, and arrived without [...]
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Newsflash: Sugar and Butter Make Us Fat

By Allison | Published: October 25, 2008
I am currently making Monkey Bread from a Williams-Sonoma mix.  It incorporates a ridiculous amount of sugars and at least one stick of butter.  It has been painful to make because this is the reason why Americans overeat and get fat.  Yet I still can’t seem to dissuade myself from licking the spatula.  I have [...]
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