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Essential issues first: my brother-in-law returned from Japan with these Equipment Kat Santas, and my first thought was, Why does Japan all the time have cooler stuff than us? However then I discovered that we’ve got Equipment Kat Santas too—at Walmart, on Amazon—after which I used to be bummed that my fantasy concerning the perfection of Japan had been spoiled. Want is illusory.
We do have Teddie’s Apple Cake, which jogged my memory how a lot I like a standard, fully-loaded Nineteen Seventies fruit-and-nut cake.
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When you will have an e-commerce firm, it’s like teaching a sports activities staff. Day-after-day, you check out new gamers—that’s, merchandise—and see how they do. Behind the scenes, there’s a variety of calling new performs and chatter among the many workers. Typically there’s bellyaching (“Why didn’t the Reel we did carry out?”) and there’s actually loads of Monday morning quarterbacking (“The pictures ought to have proven the deal with characteristic!”). And on good days, it seems like watching the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs crisply transfer the ball down the sector to attain, time after time.
On Sunday, we despatched out an electronic mail and posted a Reel a few whipped cream canister that you should utilize to make mountains of fluffy cream. By mid-morning, I bought a textual content from a colleague, “We’re promoting so many of those whipped cream canisters. It’s wild.” I checked our gross sales dashboard, and bought that giddy feeling that occurs solely after we discover a product that we expect is nice, that we expect you’ll love, and then you definately do! Pretty typically, this doesn’t occur. (Like this time and this time.) For the whipped cream canister, the celebs aligned. For those who haven’t but seen it, right here it’s. Get in on the enjoyable. We’re all making peppermint whipped cream for our sizzling chocolate this 12 months!
The subsequent one I’m betting on is a water bottle that may carbonate your water on the go. Look ahead to it!
… that, as we speak, Food52 has unique one-day early entry to the 4-quart Staub Cocotte sale. Right here. There, I cooperated!
That is the week that I order vacation wreaths for my mother (this one), my sisters and brother (this one), and my prolonged household (this one).
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We’re in it. I used to be reminded of this on current journeys to San Francisco and Sag Harbor, the place the pastry mojo is revving excessive. I despatched my pal Liz a photograph of the black sesame croissant loaves from Juniper in San Francisco, and he or she instantly texted again a photograph of a mini cardamom croissant loaf from Saint Bread in Seattle. The croissant loaf isn’t any small endeavor, however for stouthearted weekend bakers, right here’s a recipe.
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Breads are typically in a reasonably good place, too. For Thanksgiving, you may’t go fallacious with Nea’s milk bread buns. However In case you wish to shake issues up, strive folding some pepitas into your focaccia dough and layering on some butternut squash.
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East Fork Pottery, our buddies in Asheville, North Carolina, who have been hit onerous by Hurricane Helene, shocked us all and went forward with the opening of their new retailer in Brooklyn. Right here’s to resilience! This longtime Store associate and darling maker of plates, bowls and different tableware now has a well designed store alongside a strip of Atlantic Avenue that, to the shock and delight of this longtime Brooklynite, is changing into a procuring vacation spot. There’s Mud close by, in addition to Michele Varian, Meeting Line, and Toast. Add it to your journey checklist!
Our Cookbook Membership Sweets Swap at Food52 HQ is arising on December 5. Convey your favourite cookie or dessert from Renato Poliafito’s Dolci! (he’ll be there!). Particulars right here.
I ended my hustle-and-bustle week with a gathering at Union Sq. Hospitality Group’s places of work, in Manhattan, the place this poster hangs. The small textual content reads: “The highway to success is paved with errors well-handled.” Over the weekend, I went for a night stroll with Tad, and the moon received the week.
Right here’s to taking all of it in—have a beautiful week!
Amanda
