Kitchen Notes from our Founder

To the Cupcake Queen Who Beat Me to It: A Love Letter to Sprinkles Cupcakes (and Candace Nelson)

To the Cupcake Queen Who Beat Me to It: A Love ...

I found out on Instagram. Candace Nelson, saying the words I never thought I'd hear: "Today is Sprinkles' final day." I actually gasped. Out loud. In my house. Alone. And...

To the Cupcake Queen Who Beat Me to It: A Love ...

I found out on Instagram. Candace Nelson, saying the words I never thought I'd hear: "Today is Sprinkles' final day." I actually gasped. Out loud. In my house. Alone. And...

How SmartSwap Will Save Me $800 This Year (On One Recipe)

How SmartSwap Will Save Me $800 This Year (On O...

There's a recipe you make regularly. Maybe it's weekly, maybe monthly. You've been buying the same ingredients for years from the same store because that's what the recipe calls for...

How SmartSwap Will Save Me $800 This Year (On O...

There's a recipe you make regularly. Maybe it's weekly, maybe monthly. You've been buying the same ingredients for years from the same store because that's what the recipe calls for...

Your Cookie Legacy: What We Lose When the Baker Dies

Your Cookie Legacy: What We Lose When the Baker...

Building a Baking Archive Worth Inheriting Your grandmother's cookie recipe is going to die with you. Not might. Will. Unless you do something about it right now, the version of...

Your Cookie Legacy: What We Lose When the Baker...

Building a Baking Archive Worth Inheriting Your grandmother's cookie recipe is going to die with you. Not might. Will. Unless you do something about it right now, the version of...

Baking in the Age of Everything: Why Cookies Still Matter

Baking in the Age of Everything: Why Cookies St...

We can order dinner from 47 different restaurants without putting on pants. We can get groceries delivered in an hour. There's probably a bakery within a few miles of wherever...

Baking in the Age of Everything: Why Cookies St...

We can order dinner from 47 different restaurants without putting on pants. We can get groceries delivered in an hour. There's probably a bakery within a few miles of wherever...

The Cookie Matrix: A Strategic Guide to Holiday Baking Decisions

The Cookie Matrix: A Strategic Guide to Holiday...

It's 10:47 PM on a Tuesday in early December, and you're standing in your kitchen staring at three different cookie recipes pulled up on your phone, a grocery list that...

The Cookie Matrix: A Strategic Guide to Holiday...

It's 10:47 PM on a Tuesday in early December, and you're standing in your kitchen staring at three different cookie recipes pulled up on your phone, a grocery list that...

AI in the Kitchen: A Defense of Home Cooks Brave Enough to Try

AI in the Kitchen: A Defense of Home Cooks Brav...

I've been watching food culture shift since 2006, when I launched the first food-themed social network and watched home cooks find their voices online. I ran TECHmunch, a food blogger...

AI in the Kitchen: A Defense of Home Cooks Brav...

I've been watching food culture shift since 2006, when I launched the first food-themed social network and watched home cooks find their voices online. I ran TECHmunch, a food blogger...