elbow bread

bakeries, and those of us obsessed with visiting them, have been on my mind lately...

these are photos taken on a sunny day in january, at elbow ludlow on the lower east side.

this is jezabel, who traveled in from 
philadelphia to visit; she owns her 
own bakery, restaurant, market
for over fifteen years
@jezabels.phl

@elbowludlow
at elbow bread, ludlow street, nyc

at lafayette

'f' is for a fall fig financier on a friday...

lafayette 380, lafayette street...

cou cou!

crazy for le cou cou! 

a few dessert highlights...

le cou cou, july 3rd...

after altro paradiso...

a few endnotes:

it was the first time i attended the Cafe Altro Paradiso fundraising bake sale to benefit Planned Parenthood, and after waiting in line for just over an hour, foolishly bought only 5 tickets, each ticket good for one sweet or savory item from the tented area outside, we were told by the event volunteers, with alcoholic beverages served inside going for 2 tickets per drink... 

my advice for anyone attending next year -- 10 tickets minimum are a must, maybe 20, then eat and drink your way through the day....    the program offers you a map of all the participants and their respective serving stations but once you enter, it is kind of hard not to want to try something from everyone, for the cause, of course!

plus, as you are surrounded by fellow foodies (i met the sweetest NYU Food Studies scholar in line) and beloved chefs (from the likes of Flora Bar, Frenchette, King, La New Yorkina, Le Cou Cou, Mah Ze Dahr, Olmsted and more), why not linger longer?  

feeling a bit like Charlie with his winning golden tickets to the Chocolate Factory,  i savored my goodies at home later, sampling from famous (some five star) restaurants of manhattan in four mouth watering, memorable bites.

thank you to Natasha and Ignacio and all the participating chefs, teams and volunteers, for pastries with purpose!

an elegant banana loaf from racines ny

light as air concha bread from cosme/atla 

a chocolate espresso whoopie pie from le bernardin

rhubarb and cinnamon and so much more from gramercy tavern
(this was a two ticket item but so worth it)


www.cafealtroparadiso.com 

bake sale

i thought that i went for the food but quickly realized that we were all there for the politics.

last Sunday's third annual bake sale organized by Cafe Altro Paradiso raised almost $100k to be donated to New York City's Planned Parenthood. 

baking is always a community crowd pleaser and sometimes, too, especially in light of recent events in the world, the sweetest revenge...

cafe altro paradiso hosted its 3rd annual bake sale to benefit ny planned parenthood!

click the links below for past and present stories on acclaimed pastry chef natasha and her fundraising initiative: 

https://www.bonappetit.com/story/bake-sale-ideas-natasha-pickowicz
https://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/natasha-pickowicz-the-passionate-pastry-chef/
https://eye-swoon.com/cafe-altro-paradiso-bake-sale-planned-parenthood/

delectably yours...

at mah ze dahr, even the crumbs are anticipated with delight.... 

www.mahzedahrbakery.com