Lebkuchen is a soft, dense spiced cake-cookie made from honey, rye flour, and a blend of warm spices — cinnamon, cloves, anise, cardamom, and allspice in varying combinations depending on the baker and region. It is finished with a sugar glaze, chocolate coating, or left plain, and is typically baked on a thin wafer base […]

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The macaron as most people picture it — two domed shells of almond meringue, smooth and slightly crinkled at the base, sandwiching a layer of ganache, buttercream, or jam — is a French invention in its final form and an Italian one in its origins. Both of those things are true and neither cancels the […]

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