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Got something of a nasty-gram last night (not entirely unexpected) that in essence said: you tell us to grow our own starters, bake our own bread, make our own pastry dough, ice cream, even soda water, yet you defend the industrial food establishment. What the heck are your politics? I’ve answered questions like this before […]

More than a few people that I very much respect are saying so. And why wouldn’t it be? David Lebovitz is one of the nation’s premier pastry makers and educators, having been a pastry honcho at Chez Panisse for a dozen years. In addition to that he’s written several highly acclaimed books, including Room for […]

I chuckled more than a little last week reading an article in the Wall Street Journal called “Canned Gourmet Cuisine” (I’d link but WSJ is a pay-only site these days). It treated as a revelation the fact that some high-end restaurants use pre-prepared ingredients in their center-of-plate dishes. Of particular note, that Jean-George Vongerichten uses […]

A very funny comment came in via email this weekend. Or at least I thought it was funny. The meat of it went like this: I don’t understand how you can be so inconsistent. Just Friday you defended commercial agriculture in one post, then talked about how you only like to use fresh, local produce […]

Some day I hope to compete with Oprah. Does that sound realistic to you? Thought not. But I was feeling a little guilty for getting after Martha Stewart the other day. She’s such an easy target. On top of that, I promised from the beginning to resist becoming just another gripey, navel gazing blog. My […]

Below is a list of Joe Pastry-recommended books. I own almost all of them, and those I don’t I covet. They’re listed in the order I suggest you acquire them. I receive all recommendations with great enthusiasm. Core Books for the Home Pastry Enthusiast: The Cake Bible, Rose Levy Berenbaum The Pie and Pastry Bible, […]