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Madrid, Spain

Secret Nun Cookies at Monasterio del Corpus Christi

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.
A floral-studded cake.
cake

How a Groundbreaking Pastry Chef Bakes Outside the Lines

A conversation with Natasha Pickowicz on cross-cultural inspiration and her upcoming cookbook.
Diana Hubbell January 17, 2023
Glazed and unglazed <em>Elisenlebkuchen</em>.
food

German Lebkuchen Are a Labor of Love With a Centuries-Old History

Some of these gingerbread cookies take months to make.
Diana Hubbell December 23, 2022
The finished chocolate sauerkraut cake.
food

Who Decided to Put Sauerkraut in Chocolate Cake?

The infamous ‘Don’t Ask Cake’ is better than it sounds.
Diana Hubbell November 10, 2022
A sweet bread made with whole wheat Jordanian flour by artisan baker Ruba Asi.
bread

In Jordan, an Ancient Bread Tradition Rises Again

Al Barakeh Wheat Project resurrects the nation's heritage grain and, with it, a bygone communal culture.
Sam Lin-Sommer October 7, 2022
The pie earned its place at the funerary table with luxurious, non-seasonal ingredients.
death

The Death of Pennsylvania’s Forgotten Funeral Pie

The sweet-yet-somber treat was the star of extravagant 19th-century funeral feasts.
Sam O'Brien August 22, 2022
New York, New York

Jacques Derrida's Favorite Banana Bread

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.
A cake by Sarah Jackson showing isotope fractionation in Antartica.
science

How Scientists Are Using Cake to Share Their Research

Transforming PhDs into pastries.
Anne Ewbank August 8, 2022
Baking soda is surprisingly versatile.
science

How to Use Baking Soda Like a Scientist

This ingredient belongs in both the laboratory and the kitchen.
Nik Sharma and Anne Ewbank July 25, 2022
food

How Coconut Macaroons Earned a Place on the Passover Table

Industrial innovations and a heavy push from Jewish companies helped cement the cookie as a new tradition.
Sam Lin-Sommer April 15, 2022
Hard times pie is also known as water pie.
science

This Depression-Era Science Trick Transforms Water Into Pie

How resourceful home bakers managed to make dessert from practically nothing.
Diana Hubbell April 8, 2022
A packed Betty Crocker test kitchen in 1935.
food

The Unsung Women of the Betty Crocker Test Kitchens

For many Crockettes, the job was glamorous, fulfilling, and "almost subversive."
Anne Ewbank March 21, 2022
Marlborough pie has largely disappeared since its heyday in 19th-century New England.
food

5 Forgotten Pies Worth Making for Pi Day

Pie hard with a vengeance.
Sam O'Brien March 14, 2022
A photo of a layered, cream cheese–frosted tomato soup cake from 1994.
food

This Depression-Era ‘Magic Cake’ Has a Secret Ingredient

Hit with hard times, American bakers turned to tomato soup.
Diana Hubbell March 4, 2022
A recently-unearthed pot of rye bread sits on the shore of Lake Laugarvatn.
hot springs

The Icelandic Bakery That Buries Its Bread in Hot Springs

Laugarvatn Fontana's sweet, cakey rye gets baked by geothermal energy.
Tiffany Eastham January 17, 2022
Simple and sweet, with a surprising story.
cake

The All-American Appeal of the Bundt Cake

A clever pan made elegant baking possible for everyone.
Anne Ewbank December 22, 2021
libraries

Podcast: Sourdough Library

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team October 12, 2021
The cookies "calm all bitterness of the heart and mind."
saints

Eat Like a Medieval Saint With Her Recipe for 'Cookies of Joy'

St. Hildegard was a mystic, healer, and passionate proponent of spelt and nutmeg.
Sam O'Brien September 20, 2021