PHOTOGRAPH BY CHELSIE CRAIG SEPTEMBER 2019 – 11
ILLUSTRATIONS BY LAUREN TAMAKI
Recipes, Essential Goods, and Test Kitchen Know-How
NEW COOKBOOKS
WE LOVE
p. 12
THE BLT
BUT BETTER
p. 30
“That’s beautiful” was the
immediate response I got
when I texted a photo of
my latest loaf to my great
friend and baking pen
pal Caroline. “It’s not me,”
I wrote back, “it’s the pan!”
When baked in this Nordic
Ware fluted pan, a pound
cake or humble banana
bread emerges (forgive my
hyperbole) like a butterfly
from a cocoon: stunning,
intricately designed, and a
different creature entirely.
It makes for a dessert that
practically demands a
compliment—because we
all know half the fun of
baking is the part where you
get to show off afterward.
—SARAH JAMPEL
Hot
Cake
Classic Fluted Loaf Pan,
$42; nordicware.com
