If you tell me yesterday was National Coffee Day, I think Sprinkles Cuban coffee cupcake. It’s my preferred way to consume coffee.

Yesterday was the first National Bakery Day, a marketing exercise by the Retail Bakers of America. Sure, I’ll take the bait. Like any good patriot, I felt duty bound to observe the occasion. My celebration coincided with a trip to New England. To warm up for the big day, I started on Wednesday, when I… Continue reading Hooray for National Bakery Day

The skilled craftswomen behind Buttercream Bakeshop devised a tasty pay-it-forward scheme to spread kindness. The #RememberToBeKind campaign invites customers to buy baked goods for one another. Gifts are affixed to a board behind the register and given to customers upon request. If you’re having a bad day, you can ask for a little piece of kindness… Continue reading Sharing sweetly

It was a pleasure to attend my first Association of Food Journalists conference in mid-September. We ate, drank, socialized and learned abundantly in Philadelphia. If I were thirsty for new inspiration before this trip, my thirst has been quenched. I probably ate two weeks of calories in three days. One such crime scene was the… Continue reading Thirsty

Hello, autumn (a.k.a. pumpkin spice season). New paper notebooks, new computers. I’m slowly filling in the gaps and catching up. Stay tuned for more blog posts.