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OCTOBER 18, 2023

Kelly Nam finishes a mugwort maple tiramisu with mugwort tea at New York City’s Joomak Banjum. And as pastry chefs return to restaurant kitchens, many are bringing the creative and scrappy energy of their pandemic projects to the plate, pushing the boundaries of what belongs in sweets and reinventing nostalgic favorites.

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Seasonal Menu Back of House Take-out Front of House 101

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The title of Vallery Lomas’s debut cookbook is quite sweet. Later chapters cover cookies, brownies, cobblers and pies, showstopping cakes, and sweet and savory breads. The book is separated into irreverently titled chapters full of saturated and silly photography: Chicken Chapter, Circle Foods, Juicy Foods. It will be fine.

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2021 Book Back of House Front of House 117

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

One Tin Bakes: Sweet and simple traybakes, pies, bars and buns. They’re all sweet, with chapters spanning cakes, pies, breads, bars, cookies, and some no-bake desserts too. The Sourdough School: Sweet Baking: Nourishing the Gut & the Mind. And for those for whom cooking never lost its luster, it’s a feast. Monica Burton.

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2020 Book Food Supply Take-out 131