Did you watch this week's episode? Find out what each of the four contestants made using crap from vending machines during the Quickfire, and Darma Initiative–approved canned and preserved foods for
Lost writers and producers during an island-themed elimination round.
Continue reading »
Photograph from Sundogg on Flickr. What kind of wedding cake did the first Supreme Court-approved same-sex couple exchanging wedding vows in San Francisco enjoy earlier this week? A three-layer genoise sponge cake with black pepper-crème fraiche mousse, strawberries, raspberries and rosebud cream, garnished with multicolored Mt. Rainier cherries and wildflowers. Bay Area chef Elizabeth Falkner, author of Demolition Desserts, was behind the "Love Letter Cake," eaten on Monday after Mayor Gavin Newsome completed the union. Falkner admitted that cake sales at her restaurant and patisserie Citizen Cake, as well as wedding reception bookings at her other spot Orson, have already shot up now that California residents are able to engage in same-sex unions. Politics aside, bakery owners should consider placing...
Continue reading »
Elizabeth Falkner is an inventive pastry chef and Caremi is her manga-inspired illustrated alter ego. Together they narrate Demolition Desserts, a look at some of the favorite creations to come out of Citizen Cake, Elizabeth's pastry-centric restaurant in San Francisco. Demolition Desserts is an exciting cookbook, as are Falkner's high concept creations. Most have multiple elements: ice cream, shards of sugar glass, sauces, cakes. They have evocative names like "Suddenly Last Summer" (peaches sauteed in wine and honey, walnut-thyme streusel, sweet cream reduction, olive oil filo crisps) and "Gingerbread Bauhaus" (chipotle gingerbread, pear sorbet, pomegranate gel, royal icing shards). Traditional favorites are deconstructed and become novel, as in her spin on New York cheesecake, here called "Waking Up In A...
Continue reading »
