Kakaós Csiga: Hungarian Chocolate Rolls
Kakaós csiga are chocolate rolls often served for breakfast in Hungary. Traditionally made with laminated blundell pastry, these Hungarian chocolate rolls have crisp edges and soft,
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Sablés Bretons: French Butter Cookies
Sablés Bretons are French butter cookies from the region of Brittany. They’re crisp-crumbly and very buttery, similar to shortbread. Sablé means “sand” in French, and the
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Oliebollen: Dutch Doughnuts
Oliebollen are Dutch doughnuts traditionally made for New Year’s Eve. Similar to French beignets, oliebollen are made from a yeast-raised dough and deep fried. They’re usually
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Julekake: Norwegian Christmas Bread
Julekake is a sweet Christmas bread spiced with cardamom and studded with raisins and candied citrus. Julekake is popular in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark and can
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Zimtsterne: German Cinnamon Star Cookies
Zimtsterne are traditional German Christmas cookies with royal icing. These cookies are moist and chewy cinnamon stars glazed with a thin, crisp layer of royal icing.
Cakes
Pain d’Épices: French Gingerbread Cake
Pain d’épices is warm with comforting baking spices, rich rye flour, and flavorful honey. It’s a French classic that’s easy and quick to make and doesn’t require a mixer.
Torta di Mele: Italian Apple Cake
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End of Summer Plum Cake
This cake is my final celebration of summer fruit before embracing apples and warm baking spices. It’s the perfect recipe to bake before resolving to fetch
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Torta Caprese: Italian Chocolate Almond Cake
Torta Caprese is a flourless chocolate cake from the island of Capri. It has a thin hard shell and a rich interior flavored with almonds and
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Tarts
Tarte au Chocolat: French Chocolate Tart
This French chocolate tart with shortcrust pastry is incredibly decadent. It’s extravagant enough on its own, needing no garnishes or frills. While it may look humble,
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Pear Frangipane Tart
Pear frangipane tart, or ‘tarte Bourdaloue,’ is a French classic: tender poached pears atop rum-infused frangipane all nestled into a crisp pâte sucrée crust. The Bourdaloue
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Tarte Tatin: French Upside Down Apple Tart
Tarte Tatin is a delicious caramelized apple tart that is at once rustic and Parisian chic. Apples are caramelized in butter and sugar on the stove,
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Lavender Plum Galettes with Frangipane
I just got to Maine to visit my family for a while, and in Maine, August is a month to celebrate the ephemeral. Everything seems to
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Culture
The History of the Moka Pot
The moka pot is an important symbol of Italian coffee culture. It is found in 90 percent of Italian households, and is the standard way of making coffee at home in Southern Europe. More than 300 million Bialetti Moka Expresses have been sold since its launch and it has become a design icon.