The Batter Battle: Angel’s Food versus Devil’s Food
April 2009 Back when the leaves were still changing in 2007, I went to Washington D.C. to visit a bit of French turf on American soil and eat turkey with…
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January 10, 2011
When You Are Engulfed in… Cake
April 2009 I will forever be grateful to This American Life. As I podcasted and knit my way through the extra weeks of winter, Ira Glass introduced me to David…
January 9, 2011
Six More Weeks of … Crazy!
February 2009 Six More Weeks of…? I had never conceived of coming to this place. I was aware of the event but not of its spectators. Maybe because my mother’s…
January 9, 2011
Superball
February 2009 It feels like a holiday but without the closure of an established greeting. There’s an acknowledged sentiment after a transaction of twenty-four cracked-wheat rolls, twenty-four Kaiser rolls and…
January 8, 2011
“Quelcy, Like the Pretzel”
January 2009 This is Ken. I met Ken at a party at 239 Brown Street in Philadelphia, or if you recall, what I like to call "Quelcadelphia!" I only knew…
January 8, 2011
25 Years, 25 Cakes
January 2009 When I was younger and my birthday rolled around, one of my favorite treats to bring to school was self-filled cupcakes. Back then, my mom made them for…
January 7, 2011
A San Francisco Treat
December 2008 I was sick of the ever growing number of people telling me how much I would love San Francisco, so I went. I went via a plane trip,…
January 6, 2011
En Parlant de Paris, Part Deux
These vintage postcards awaited me at a Pittsburgh flea market. They fill my head with stories, my heart with romance and my whole being with a deep, deep desire to…
January 4, 2011