The Irony of Baking

A nutrition background, and a pastry chef. That's the first irony. Balance is the constant search within this blog. Of wholesome ingredients and delicious taste, of learning how to still enjoy food despite restrictions, allergies, a tiny kitchen or a busy life. A hope for equilibrium between creativity, seasonality, resourcefulness, family, humor, peeky eaters, sweetness, crunch, salt, whole grains, and chia seeds. Plus the recipes!

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Smoothing things out

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For a while I had been feeling exhausted, depleted of any energy and had been suffering from some hormonal issues. I just blamed age, as in ...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Sunflower Cookies: A Collaboration with GourMaya

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I first met Maya a bit more than a year ago. Her sister-in-law, a friend of mine, had suggested her to attend one of my classes while she wa...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

The Third Plague

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Two days ago, as I saw the mid-March snow/hail through the window, all I could think about was the exact moment in which I would cross the a...
Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Embracing Brassica

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I think the most helpful comment I ever heard about raising children wasn't written in a ny book o r explained by any expert. A friend ...
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Alexandra Zohn
NYC
I'm a mom, an amateur writer, a technologically impaired human, a nutritionist and a pastry chef. I know...the last statement seems like an irony. Hence, The Irony of Baking. Here, I attempt to reconcile the often considered "sinful" pastry arts with wholesome, nutritious, KOSHER, and natural ingredients. I hope, I can inspire my readers to learn, dare, use and enjoy beans, seeds, spices, unrefined sweeteners, whole grains and healthy fats in their desserts, and other recipes. I studied nutrition in my native Mexico City. I moved to NYC in 2000, where I received a Master's in Food Studies from NYU and later I attended baking school. I worked at The James Beard Foundation, and at Confetti Cakes, and later opened the cake decorating venture Sweet Atelier. After my second child ate the fondant decorations I was working on, I cofounded Three Tablespoons, where I began experimenting with healthier baking alternatives and found my true calling, and my then toddler found healthier snacks. Along with The Irony of Baking, I'm a free-lance writer and recipe developer, and love teaching private classes.
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