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Hi there,

In case you celebrated it, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, lots of turkey, sweet potatoes, beans, stuffing, gravy and pumpkin pie. Or any kind of pie really . And lots of love and laughter around your family and friends.

I just want to give a huge shoutout to all the WordPress contributors who teamed up to roll out this next big version of WordPress for the hundreds of millions of websites out there and all their users and visitors. Every update is a big deal and only happens because of teamwork, good vibes, honesty, and trust. Not everyone who contributes is a coder; some work on documentation, translate stuff into loads of languages, create tutorials, and so much more. WordPress 6.9 is dropping on Tuesday if everything goes smoothly!

Other contributors have already started on the next version, 7.0. We don't know yet exactly when it will come out. In their last check-in meeting Core committers discussed a release date in March or April of 2026. They are also thinking of going back to three releases per year.

Have a splendid weekend ahead, and I am so grateful that you are here. Your presence makes me want to write every week. Be well.

Yours,
Birgit

My team mate, Jonathan Bossenger and I were on this week's panel for This Week in WordPress #356 episode, together with Taco Verdonschot and Nathan Wrigley. It includes "Birgit Pauli-Haack gives a whirlwind tour of her epic WordPress 6.9 Source of Truth ". There was a lot more of course.

Videos and posts about WordPress 6.9 release

WordPress 6.9 Release Candidate 3 is now available! The WordPress 6.9 Field Guide has arrived, too.

Rae Morey, The Repository has the skinny for you in WordPress 6.9 RC3 Arrives as Field Guide Drops and Final Release Nears.

Hector Prieto published the Dev Note Miscellaneous Editor Changes in WordPress 6.9, highlighting various refinements to the block editor. The release improves keyboard navigation, selection, and focus handling, adds small UI polish, and refines patterns and templates behavior. It also updates APIs and deprecations to keep block development consistent, enhances accessibility and stability, and smooths authoring flows, ensuring theme and plugin authors can better integrate with the evolving editor experience.

Nick Diego and Ryan Welcher livestreamed their WordPress 6.9 Walkthrough. They guided viewers through the key updates arriving in WordPress 6.9 ahead of its December 2 release.

In his livestream this week, Jonathan Bossenger tested the Block Bindings coming to WordPress 6.9. He tested the new enhancements in the date and image blocks, as well as custom source registration. Throughout the stream, Bossenger troubleshot and documented his process, exploring how these updates can lay the foundation for future developments. You can join him as he navigates through the intricacies and potentials of these new WordPress features!

In his video WordPress 6.9 New Features, Pascal Claro demonstrates all new features for the Block editor coming to a WordPress instance near you.

Maruti Mohanty held a Learn WordPress workshop on How to Prepare Your WordPress Site for WordPress 6.9. The recording is now available on WordPressTV. You will learn how to use the Beta/RC releases to test your site for the upcoming releases. This will be a practical walkthrough to build your staging, test for compatibility, and plan a safe rollout.

In his post The Foundation for AI-Powered, Composable, and Editor-Friendly Websites, David Levine covers the WordPress 6.9 release and its focus on incremental yet impactful improvements to the site editor and performance. The post highlights refined pattern management, better style controls, and workflow enhancements for building and editing layouts.

The Abilities API will launch with WordPress 6.9. TrewKnowledge has published a simple guide for builders, publishers, and product teams. It explains how "abilities" bring together capabilities and permissions in the editor and admin, allowing for better control over tasks. With examples and clear advice, the article helps agencies and product teams create safer workflows, customize roles, and improve user experiences.

Rae Morey, The Repository, reports on how WordPress 6.9 to Introduce Notes, Bringing Asynchronous Collaboration to the Post Editor. Notes let users comment on specific parts of content, reply in threads, and mention teammates without being online together. The feature builds on Blocks and Phase 3 collaboration goals, aiming to replace scattered feedback via email or chat with contextual, in-editor discussions that improve editorial workflows and multi-author content reviews.

Codeable Expert James Roberts also covered the release for his co-workers in WordPress 6.9: What To Expect, outlining key updates to the Site Editor, patterns, and design tools that make building full sites more intuitive. The article also explains what agencies and clients should do to prepare, test, and safely adopt the new features.

Gutenberg and other WordPress updates

The latest episode is Gutenberg Changelog #124 - Gutenberg 22.0 and WordPress 6.9 with Ellen Bauer, project lead at Automattic.

In his video, WordPress 6.9 and More: Key Updates for Developers, Ryan Welcher gives you TL:DR of the latest What's new for developers? (November 2025) post from the WordPress Developer Blog.

Gutenberg 22.2 RC 1 is now available for testing. It comprised 161 Pull Requests by 49 contributors, four of whom are first-timers. The release focuses on performance, block editor polish, and a series of accessibility and developer experience improvements. It is intended for testing ahead of the stable 22.2.0 release on December 3 and is not recommended for production sites.

In the next Gutenberg Changelog episode, I had a chat with JC Palmes, the principal technical manager at WebDevStudios, about how their team has totally jumped on the Blocks and block themes bandwagon. It's been a game changer for their workflow and super helpful for their clients' editorial teams, too. We also shared favorites features of the upcoming WordPress 6.9 release and the latest Gutenberg updates, 22.1 and 22.2. So, keep an eye out for the episode arriving in your favorite podcast app this weekend!

Have you been avoiding the WordPress Importer when moving sites? It received a major enhancement from Adam Zieliński and other contributors. Zieliński published the announcement on the Core Make Blog: WordPress Importer can now migrate URLs in your content. This enhancement made it feasible to us the WordPress importer for the Playground blueprint step importWxr and it is now also compatible with content built in block themes, as URL in navigation blocks and image references in background-image css are also converted to the new site.

WordPress for #nocode site builders and owners

If you need to add FAQ schema to your Accordion Block, Andrew Viney, developer from Bristol, UK, has you covered with his accordion-faq-schema-toggle plugin.

If you are a developer yourself, you can use Justin Tadlock's Snippet: Schema.org microdata for Accordion block FAQs

Mohammad Shoeb announced that the free WPMozo Blocks Plugin for WordPress just got five new Blocks. The update introduces Hero Heading, Logo Showcase, Notice, Highlight Text, and Flipbox blocks, focused on speed, flexibility, and visual appeal. These blocks support layout and style customization, icons, gradients, hover effects, and responsive controls, enabling users to build standout sections, alerts, logo grids, and interactive content without performance loss or complex configuration.

Wes Theron published another nice tutorial for content creators on YouTube: How to add social icons to your WordPress site. He shows "you exactly how to add and customize social icons on your WordPress.com site, making it easy for visitors to connect with you across all your social platforms."

Designing Block Themes

Bud Kraus wrote a tutorial on Scaling typeface gracefully with fluid typography that explains how to make font sizes adjust smoothly to different screen sizes using CSS functions like clamp(). He elaborates on how to use continuous scaling instead of fixed breakpoints, which helps improve readability and minimizes size jumps. The article provides examples for headings and body text, covers design tips, and shows how to implement fluid typography in WordPress themes.

Karol Król mentioned he was inspired by my talk at WordCamp Gdynia to explore the Create Block theme plugin some more. He created this tutorial on how to easily transfer Block Theme changes to another WordPress site

Elliot Richmond created a Block Theme Cheat Sheet for WordPress that collects key block theme concepts, file structure, and template examples in one place. It outlines essential theme.json settings, common templates and template parts, and useful block patterns for building modern block themes. The resource is designed as a quick reference for developers who want a practical, copy‑and‑paste style guide while learning or refining their block theme workflow.

Building Blocks

Bryce Culp of WebDev Studios created A Developer's Guide: The Future of the WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor. He explains modern block patterns, theme architecture, and tooling, emphasizing best practices for performance, reusability, and accessibility. The guide helps developers transition from classic approaches to a Gutenberg-first mindset, leveraging React-based blocks, block.json configuration, and evolving WordPress APIs to build scalable, future-ready experiences.

Jos Velasco, DreamHost, found a way to simplify WordPress Plugin development with Telex and shared his workflow in this post. He has some tips and consideration on how to best work with the AI Block builder.

What's new with Playground

Fellyph Cintra announced that Debugging with Xdebug is now available in WordPress Playground letting WordPress developers better understand what's happening when something breaks. Now you can pause WordPress, look at what's going on, and move through each step of the process in a browser. It works with simple tools or code editors, needs little setup, and is great for learning, testing ideas, and fixing problems more easily.

Cintra also published Playground CLI, adds ImageMagick, SOAP, and AVIF support. These additions make it easier to work with images, talk to other online services, and test modern image formats in temporary WordPress sites. Together, they help developers and site builders try more real-world features without complex setup on their own computers.

The latest article by Fellyph Cintra reveals that Playground allows developers to create temporary sites with specific Gutenberg branches in their browser. You can use special Playground URLs or blueprints to access nightly or feature branches, test new editor features safely, share consistent environments, and give feedback earlier in the Gutenberg development process.

Need a plugin .zip from Gutenberg's trunk branch?
Gutenberg Times provides daily build for testing and review.

Now also available via WordPress Playground. There is no need for a test site locally or on a server. Have you been using it? Email me with your experience.

AI in WordPress

Jeff Paul announced AI Experiments Plugin v0.1.0 . Team rep in the AI Team, James Le Page wrote on X (former Twitter) "This is a pretty big release. It's the first time all building blocks are used together and represents a really great reference for developers that surfaces in features that you can use right now."

Ovidiu Galatan posted the Release announcement: MCP Adapter v0.3.0! This update brings official WordPress support for the Model Context Protocol. Version 0.3.0 is all about making things smoother with transport, better observability, and handling errors. They've unified the HTTP transport, put together a standard way to deal with WP_Error for MCP error responses, and revamped the observability handlers. Plus, they've standardized hook names, rolled out some detailed migration docs, and squashed some bugs, making sure everything works nicely with Abilities API v0.4.0 as part of WordPress's awesome AI Building Blocks collection!

On his blog, James Le Page shared a two-part series about the Abilities API. The posts explain how WordPress "abilities" have changed from old permission systems to a clearer way of defining what users and tools can do. They describe abilities as easy-to-understand labels for capabilities used in core, plugins, and the editor. With examples of AI features, the series shows how abilities help developers provide safe actions, manage access, and create smoother user experiences.

• The Promise and History Of Abilities (1/2)
• Using Abilities To Build AI in WordPress (2/2)

Questions? Suggestions? Ideas?
Don't hesitate to send them via email or
send me a message on WordPress Slack or Twitter @bph.

For questions to be answered on the Gutenberg Changelog,
send them to changelog@gutenbergtimes.com

29 Nov 2025 3:30am GMT

We've secured an amazing secret venue for State of the Word on Tuesday, but it has limited capacity in terms of people and has a lot of security hurdles to jump through to get in.

So to open things up to the community more, we're going to activate my hacker/maker art warehouse, TinkerTendo, in the Dogpatch neighbourhood for a simulcast watch party. There will be some cool art from the Misalignment Museum there, great wifi, lots of power plugs and floor seating, a big projection screen and speakers and I think will be a great spot for WordPress folks to hang and network and co-work while in San Francisco. I'll swing by after the talk to meet everyone as well.

If you want access, you can register via Meetup here.

29 Nov 2025 12:20am GMT

See the next edition of Crafted in Mexico, Google Arts & Culture's showcase of Mexico's creative landscape.

28 Nov 2025 4:00pm GMT

I want to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving! To me, the holiday is a reminder to be grateful. A gratitude practice is one of the most surefire ways to improve your happiness, as this study covered by Harvard Health explains.

I was part of a leadership coaching cohort with other founders and CEOs, and one of our exercises was to have a weekly 15-minute Zoom call where we'd each take turns saying something we were grateful for. (I think the original assignment was 7 minutes, but Parkinson's law and Google Calendar's 15-minute default expanded it.) Like most great coaching, it seems silly on the surface, but when you actually practice it with an open mind, something magical happens.

It really grew on me, and while most of the randomly assigned pods of people that had this assignment for a few weeks dispersed, ours has kept it going now for several years beyond the conclusion of the coaching program. The calls are also a great way to stay in touch with people I love, but we might easily fall into our own universes and not keep up with each other. Wherever we are in the world, whatever is happening, this standing meeting is on everyone's calendar, and while it has ebbs and flows, the flame has been kept alive.

Consider starting your own pod: pick a time, set a standing Zoom room, and see what happens. We do early mornings before most meetings start. I don't make it every week, but I do more than not, and the weeks when I do are definitely a bit brighter, both in my own gratitude practice and in the connection with the others in the pod.

28 Nov 2025 7:08am GMT

Avoir une bonne image d'entreprise en ligne, c'est extrêmement important et, pour ça, il faut avoir de bons avis clients. On vous explique.

L'article Réputation en ligne : comment les avis clients façonnent l'image des entreprises est apparu en premier sur 20SIX.fr.

27 Nov 2025 11:08am GMT

Three new AI-powered experiments from Google give you new and creative ways to learn about topics across art, science and travel

27 Nov 2025 10:00am GMT

Google and Tel Aviv University (TAU) have a history of substantial partnership. Formalized in 2020, the Google-TAU partnership has since led to successful collaborations…

27 Nov 2025 8:00am GMT

Découvrez notre top 33 des jeux de société famille pour Noël 2025 : rires, stratégie et fun pour petits et grands autour de la table !

L'article Notre sélection des 33 meilleurs jeux de société pour toute la famille est apparu en premier sur 20SIX.fr.

26 Nov 2025 12:27pm GMT

Quelles applis ont conquis le quotidien des Français en 2025 ? Entre finance, bien-être et ultra-simplicité, la tech s'est faite plus humaine que jamais !

L'article Les applications technologiques que les Français ont le plus utilisées en 2025 est apparu en premier sur 20SIX.fr.

24 Nov 2025 4:03pm GMT

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02 Jan 2024 10:41am GMT

Dans le journal L'Equipe du dimanche et du lundi, vous pouviez trouver un de mes dessins en dernière page. Voici un petit échantillon des dessins réalisés en 2023 pour le quotidien sportif. Acheter des originaux sur le site LesDessinateurs.com Vous pouvez me suivre sur Instagram, Bluesky ou Facebook. Acheter des originaux sur le site LesDessinateurs.com Vous …

Continuer la lecture de « Une année de sport »

01 Jan 2024 9:11am GMT

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30 Dec 2023 1:06pm GMT

Much as I love pasta, I'm not sure it loves me. Last year my carb-heavy comfort food diet led to some weight gain so I looked into low carb pasta as an alternative. There's a lot out there and I'm still trying different brands and styles, but I thought now would be a good time to share what I've learned so far.

Pasta with Butternut Squash and Brussels Sprouts

My introduction to legume and bean-based pasta was thanks to Barilla. I was lucky because I got to attend a webinar with Barilla's incredible chef, Lorenzo Boni. I tried his recipe for pasta with butternut squash and Brussels sprouts which I definitely recommend and have now made several times. If you've seen his wildly popular (150k+ followers!) Instagram feed you know he's a master at making all kinds of pasta dishes and that he often eats plant-based meals. I followed up with him to get some tips on cooking with pasta made from beans and legumes.

Pasta made with beans and legumes is higher in protein and so the recommended 2-ounce portion is surprisingly filling. But the texture isn't always the same as traditional semolina or durum wheat pasta. Chef Boni told me, "The nature of legume pasta makes it soak up more moisture than traditional semolina pasta, so you always want to reserve a bit of cooking water to adjust if needed." But when it comes to cooking, he says that with Barilla legume pasta you cook it the same way as semolina pasta. "Boil in salted water for the duration noted on the box and you'll have perfectly al dente pasta." They are all gluten-free.

Chickpea pasta

When I asked Chef Boni about pairing chickpea pastas with sauce he said, "Generally speaking, I prefer olive oil based sauces rich with vegetables, aromatic herbs and spices. Seafood also pairs well with chickpea options. If used with creamy or tomato-based sauces, keep in mind to always have some pasta water handy to adjust the dish in case it gets too dry." He added, "One of my favorite ways to prepare a legume pasta dish would be a simple chickpea rotini with shrimp, diced zucchini and fresh basil. The sauce is light enough to highlight the flavor of the pasta itself, while the natural sweetness helps keep the overall flavor profile more appealing to everyone." I like the Barilla brand because the only ingredient is chickpeas. Banza makes a popular line of chickpea pasta as well although they include pea starch, tapioca and xanthan gum.

Edamame pasta

I tried two different brands of edamame pasta, Seapoint Farms and Explore Cuisine. The Seapoint pasta has a rougher texture than the Explore. With the Seapoint I found the best pairings were earthy chunky toppings like toasted walnuts and sautéed mushrooms. The Explore Cuisine edamame & spirulina pasta is smoother and more delicate, and worked well with an Asian style peanut sauce. I was happy with the Seapoint brand, but would definitely choose the Explore brand instead if it's available.

Red lentil pasta

Red lentil pasta is most similar to semolina pasta. Barilla makes red lentil pasta in a variety of shapes. But for spaghetti, Chef Boni says, "Barilla red lentil spaghetti is pretty flexible and works well with pretty much everything. I love red lentil spaghetti with light olive oil based sauces with aromatic herbs and some small diced vegetables. It also works well with a lean meat protein." I have to admit, I have yet to try red lentil pasta, but I'm excited to try it after hearing how similar it is to semolina pasta. It is made only with red lentil flour, that's it. It's available in spaghetti, penne and rotini.

Penne for Your Thoughts

Do you remember seeing photos from Italian supermarkets where the shelves with pasta were barren except for penne? I too seem to end up with boxes of penne or rotini and not a clue what to do with them so I asked Chef Boni his thoughts on the subject. He told me, "Shortcuts such as rotini and penne pair very well with all kind of ragouts as well as tomato based and chunky vegetarian sauces. One of my favorite ways to prepare a legume pasta dish would be a simple chickpea rotini with shrimp, diced zucchini and fresh basil. The sauce is light enough to highlight the flavor of the pasta itself, while the natural sweetness helps keep the overall flavor profile more appealing to everyone." Thanks chef! When zucchini is in season I know what I will try!

15 Feb 2022 6:46pm GMT

Julia is a new film based on Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz and inspired by My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme and The French Chef in America: Julia Child's Second Act by Alex Prud'homme. Julia Child died in 2004, and yet our appetite for all things Julia hasn't waned.

I grew up watching Julia Child on TV and learning to cook the French classics from her books, And while I never trained to be a chef, like Child I also transitioned into a career focused on food, a subject I have always found endlessly fascinating. I enjoyed the new film very much and while it didn't break much new ground, it did add a layer of perspective that can only come with time. In particular, how Julia Child became a ubiquitous pop culture figure is addressed in a fresh way.

I reached out to the filmmakers,Julie Cohen and Betsy West to find out more about what inspired them and why Julia Child still holds our attention.

Julia Child died over 15 years ago and has been off TV for decades. Why do you believe we continue to be so fascinated by her?

In some ways Julia is the Godmother of modern American cooking - and eating. Her spirit looms over cooking segments on the morning shows, The Food Network, and all those overhead Instagram shots the current generation loves to take of restaurant meals. Beyond that, though, Julia's bigger than life personality and unstoppable joie de vivre are infectious. People couldn't get enough of her while she was living, and they still can't now.

There have been so many Julia Child films and documentaries, what inspired this one?

Well there'd been some great programs about Julia but this is the first feature length theatrical doc. Like everyone else, we adored Julie & Julia, but a documentary gives you a special opportunity to tell a person's story in their own words and with the authentic images. This is particularly true of Julia, who was truly one of a kind.

The impact of Julia Child how she was a groundbreaker really comes across in the film, are we understanding her in a different light as time passes?

People understand that Julia was a talented television entertainer, but outside the professional food world, there's been an under-recognition of just how much she changed the 20th century food landscape. As Jose Andres points out in the film, almost every serious food professional has a sauce-splashed copy of "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" on their shelves. We also felt Julia's role in opening up new possibilities for women on television deserved more exploration. In the early 1960's the idea of a woman on TV who was neither a housewife nor a sex bomb but a mature, tall, confident expert was downright radical. She paved the way for many women who followed.

The food shots add an extra element to the film and entice viewers in a very visceral way, how did those interstitials come to be part of the film?

We knew from the start that we wanted to make food a major part of this story, not an afterthought. We worked with cook and food stylist Susan Spungen to determine which authentic Julia recipes could be integrated with which story beats to become part of the film's aesthetic and its plot. For instance the sole meunière is a key part of the story because it sparked her obsession with French food, and the pear and almond tart provides an enticing metaphor for the sensual side of Julia and Paul's early married years.

Note: Susan Spungen was also the food stylist for Julie & Julia

Julia is in theaters now.

23 Nov 2021 11:30pm GMT

I met Rick Rodgers early in my career as a recipe developer and food writer when we were both contributors to the Epicurious blog. Not only is he a lot of fun to hang out with, but he has also been incredibly helpful to me and is usually the first person I call when I'm floundering with a project, client, or cooking quandary. His interpersonal skills, business experience, and cooking acumen explain why he's been recognized as one of the top cooking instructors in America. Literally.

You built a career as a cooking instructor and cookbook author. How many cookbooks have you written?

I was asked recently to make an official count, and It looks like an even hundred. Many of those were collaborations with chefs, restaurants, celebrities, bakeries, and business entities, such as Tommy Bahama, Williams-Sonoma, and Nordstrom. I made it known that I was available for collaboration work, and my phone literally rang off the hook for quite a few years with editors and agents looking for help with novice writers or those that wanted a branded book.

Which cookbook(s) are you most proud of?

There are three books that I get fan mail for almost every day: Kaffeehaus (where I explore the desserts of my Austrian heritage), Thanksgiving 101 (a deep dive into America's most food-centric holiday and how to pull it off), and Ready and Waiting (which was one of the first books to take a "gourmet" approach to the slow cooker). These books have been in print for 20 years or more, which is a beautiful testament to their usefulness to home cooks.

How did you get started as a cooking instructor and what are some highlights of your teaching career?

I was a theater major at San Francisco State College (now University), so getting in front of a crowd held no terrors for me. When more brick-and-mortar cooking schools opened in the eighties, I was ready for prime time. During that period, there were at least twelve cooking schools in the Bay Area, so I made quarterly trips here a year from the east coast, where I had moved. My Thanksgiving classes were so popular that I taught every day from November 1 to Thanksgiving, with a couple of days off for laundry and travel. The absolute pinnacle of my teaching career was being named Outstanding Culinary Instructor of The Year by Bon Appétit Magazine's Food and Entertaining Awards, an honor that I share with only a handful of other recipients, including Rick Bayless and Bobby Flay.

Flódni

How have cooking classes changed since you started?

Because there are so many classes available, I can teach at any level of experience. At the cooking schools, we tended to walk a fine line between too difficult and too easy. The exposure to different cuisines and skill levels on TV also has seriously raised the bar. Unfortunately, students want to walk before they can run. They want to learn how to make croissants when I doubt that they can bake a pound cake correctly. It is best to build on your skills instead of going right to the top. That being said, in my online classes, I am concentrating on the more challenging recipes because that is what the market demands of me.

Tell me about your baking school, coffeeandcake.org

As much as I loved my cookbooks and in-person classes, I knew there was a more modern way to reach people who wanted to cook with me, especially since so many cooking schools had closed. I retired the day I got my first Social Security check. But…as I was warned by my friends who knew me better than I did…I was bored, and wanted a new project. I heard about online classes through other teachers who were having success. I found an online course specifically for cooking classes (Cooking Class Business School at HiddenRhythm.com), got the nuts and bolts down, and I finally entered the 21st century!

How do you decide which recipes to teach?

I felt there were plenty of other places to learn how to make chocolate chip cookies and banana bread-just take a look on YouTube alone. I had a specialty of Austro-Hungarian baking thanks to my Kaffeehaus book, so I decided to niche into that category. I have branched out to a few other locations, but my goal is to expose students to something new and out of the ordinary. I also survey my students on what they would like me to teach, and those answers are amazing. People are truly interested in the more difficult desserts. Perhaps it is because so many people discovered baking as a hobby during the pandemic?

For students who have your cookbooks, what are the advantages of taking an online class?

There is no substitute for seeing a cook in action. Plus you get to answer questions during class. In a recent class, I made six-layer Dobos Torte in two hours' real-time to prove that you can do it without giving up a week of your life. And we don't have to travel to each other to be "together." My classes are videotaped so you can watch them at your convenience.

What are some highlights of your upcoming schedule of classes?

Honey cake

In October, I am teaching virtually all Hungarian desserts, things that will be new to most people. I am making one of my absolute favorites, Flódni, which is a Jewish bar cookie (almost a cake) with layers of apple, poppy seeds, and walnuts between thin sheets of wine-flavored cookie dough. San Franciscans in particular will be happy to see a master class that I am teaching with the delightful Michelle Polzine, owner of the late and lamented 20th Century Cafe and author of Baking at the 20th Century Cafe. We will be making her (in)famous 12-layer honey cake on two coasts, with me doing the heavy lifting in New Jersey and Michelle guiding me from the west coast. That is going to be fun! In November and December, I am switching over to holiday baking and a few savory recipes for Thanksgiving, including my fail-proof turkey and gravy, which I have made over 300 times in classes over 30 years' worth of teaching. It ought to be perfect by now

Head to Coffee and Cake to sign up for classes or learn more.

05 Oct 2021 3:56pm GMT

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16 Jul 2014 6:08pm GMT

Après presque un mois et demi d'absence, deux bouclages d'albums et plein de projets, je trouve enfin le
temps de poster quelque chose sur ce blog ! Ces jours-ci, je vais avoir pas mal de choses à vous montrer !
On commence tranquille avec un petit dessin aux couleurs estivales.

14 Jul 2014 4:25pm GMT