EP 431: The Shoulds and Supposed-tos of Baking
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The Absurdity of Home Baking
In her column on New York City's upscale bakeries, Julia Goldfield highlights some of the new offerings. She closes with a description of a confection from a Middle East inspired bakery that includes rosewater in its pistachio filling and dried rose petals are sprinkled atop a thick stripe of chopped pistachio that arches along the top. Now, as an amateur baker, I might be feeling defensive. But by bookending the piece with two comments on the absurdity of home baking, it's not hard to read it as dismissive of simpler, more accessible baking.
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