natasha pickowicz toasted sesame and citrus cake recipe again for another very sweet oakland wedding 🤍

Pretty much this (sound on)

Has it affected anyone (in the U.S.)'s feelings on beef and whole milk to see the fascist admin pushing them really hard?

Apparently my wife’s karate teacher’s sourdough starter exploded in the back of our car when she was giving him a ride to his mom’s bakery after his car wouldn’t start? Whew! I think I have that straight. Anyway, big mess!

I wrote for @bestfoodblog.bsky.social about the DELUSION inherent to the steakhouse trend (filed minutes before RFK Jr. flipped the food pyramid, btw): www.bestfoodblog.net/the-steakhou...

It's the most important ingredient in your kitchen, and at the end of this story there's a link to my rant about why you shouldn't use Diamond Crystal TLDR: it's made by Cargill (and of course there's a little banner at the top of the page that takes you to our fundraising info)

Exciting fall event is available for signup! (From the Desk Members join for free and can access the full video / text transcript afterwards.) alicia-kennedy.com/salon/p/alic...

sesame prinsesstårta with wadaman black sesame paste and al'ard tahini for c’s 40th 💜

first bake in the new apartment… grandbaby cakes peach cobbler (vegan with miyoko’s)

sogetsu lesson 2.18 moribana + nageire

happy pride and happy trans march 🖤 pic from misfit’s first queer martial arts history panel

attempting sogetsu lesson 2.11 with matilija poppy, redbud and fennel

today's sogetsu practice, with mock orange and plum branches from my teacher's yard and sea lavender from an oakland walk

i need more people to take a look at what myself and Anne Wallentine have created - an online lit magazine publishing stunning prose & poetry! read: chlorophyllmag.com

sunday sogetsu class

lake merritt cherry blossom watch

flax day in sogetsu class

j-sei flavors of spring 💐

jimmie robinson's little point richmond

last king cake of '25... ayu bakehouse-inspired vegan croissant dough, bayou saint cake prune butter (and whole vibe) and steen's cane syrup aquafaba meringue

sogetsu-style arrangement for hinamatsuri/girl’s day with neighborhood flowers

more vegan inverse puff pastry turnovers... filling is based on @bayousaintcake.bsky.social's prune and coffee galette des rois, pastry is tourlami all purpose butter and king arthur climate blend flour.

today in handwork... vegan inverse puff pastry orejitas with tzintia / critique and branch-wrestling help on my sogetsu assignment

orejas with vegan inverse puff pastry, king arthur climate blend flour + dave smoke-mccluskey's red jacket masa

sogetsu class with home garden materials... tree collards that dwarfed the osteospermum, sadly because the colors were nice together. but most of arrangement will get eaten!

weekend food... Kristina Cho's mala cioppino (veg this time) and Meera Sodha's vegan whole orange cake

finding beauty today... sogetsu ikebana class / jamaica marmalade / the purple mats where i learn and teach judo were featured in time out tokyo's article on transgender self defense! www.timeout.jp/tokyo/ja/lgb...

vegan weekend bakes... teresa finney pink cake + tommy pham bánh mì danish

Vegan thumbprint variations: candied cherries and Campari clementines; cranberry and clementine curds; Jaguar chocolate (made from naturally blonde cacao!). The base is whipped shortbread, some made with coconut oil, some unrefined canola. It's a real R&D cookie season for me this year!

Oshogatsu arrangements today. Happy new year!

vegan whole wheat pastries to start the year 💜

Building on last week's vegan pastry cream recipe, I made two types of berry curd -- seabuckthorn and mulberry -- for the grand finale tartlets for my Great Canadian Baking Show but Vegan challenge. Turned out great! Here is the recipe! I think this curd would be rad with all sorts of fruit!

our first gingerbread house that didn't quickly turn into solstice gingerbread stonehenge. happy holidays 😅

gramercy, la

Phantom Visions (The Lacustrine Village of St. Malo) by @ssyjuco

first try at vegan bicolor croissant dough. happy yule!

andrea nguyen bánh palmiers, camilla wynne candied grapefruit and rum balls, meera sodha chocolate panforte. all vegan and king arthur climate blend flour

vegan carrot cake (domestic gothess recipe = great as usual) + diplomat flavored with spent coffee (not totally there but on the right track i think)

hbd to b 💗

finals 💗

Hello Bluesky. Sucks that this is our first post. A statement from the Vox Media Union and @wgaeast.bsky.social on today's layoffs. Please stay tuned for more details on how you can support our colleagues who were impacted today.

last finals of savory program tomorrow

baby's first cross-lamination... vegan and all king arthur climate blend

Fans of RVA's Sub Rosa Bakery, or great baking in general, consider sending some of your Black Friday cash to get them back on their peels after last week's devastating fire:

woven lasagna recipe from lachlan mackinnon-patterson

lasagna ready around 11pm because of how i am

yearly post

made @wordloaf.bsky.social nonnato (veg tonnato)

guacamole amuse in the laney bistro

flour tortillas in the laney bistro