What are cupcakes? Premise of my book. Answer to a Jeopardy question. https://twitter.com/sprinkles/status/1041397387623911426

Bakery customers delighted in the Sept. 10 opening of Magnolia Bakery’s first D.C. store. https://www.instagram.com/p/BnbR31lgZHW There was outright glee that looked like this. There was wide-eyed curiosity. Floor-to-ceiling glass physically separated customers from onlookers, but they were visually united in their attraction to the quizzical commotion. What is this? Is it a mirage, an illusion… Continue reading Magnolia Bakery D.C. opens ‘with liberty and cupcakes for all’

When I took a food writing class in July 2017, I wasn’t a baker, just a theoretical cupcakologist. Students were assigned to write a recipe. We had been told that minor changes to another chef’s recipe weren’t copyright violations, so this became my strategic approach. My recipe adapted the Georgetown Cupcake coconut cupcake recipe. I… Continue reading Progress