Category: Bakery
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Specialty Desserts
Of all the specialty desserts I do, the first I tried baking were my Italian grandma’s sweet cheese pastries. I was obsessed with these as a kid. Light flaky pastry with a filling of cream cheese, ricotta and almond extract. She only made them for the holidays, so I would eat my body weight’s worth.…
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Lamination Love
My first foray into baking was making croissants. I think Tartine Bakery in San Francisco does the best ham & cheese croissant I’ve ever tasted and they were generous to create a recipe book for me to use. Making laminated dough is an involved process, but for some reason I love it. And it’s so…
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In the Beginning
It’s May 2020, and I just finished remodeling my kitchen. Quarantine is in place, creating the perfect conditions for a growing baking obsession. Croissants from Tartine Bakery’s cookbook were my first foray into pastry. Pretty soon I branched out to other forms, and then desserts. While excited that baking combined my love of food with…
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Welcome to FIKA
The idea of FIKA germinated at the start of 2020. I was incredibly lucky to begin my kitchen remodel a week before lockdown. During quarantine I developed a huge interest in baking and desserts. Unable to take classes during the pandemic, I read anything I could get my hands on and tested tons of recipes,…