Brian Yaeger's discussions

Well, I wrote it tastes like “rose water, white pepper, minerals, and anise,” which I stand by, but ultimately, cardamom is its own wonderful spice. As someone who used to think cinnamon was the apex spice, I’m pretty sure cardamom has supplanted it at the top of the podium. Read more

That’s what I figured would be the case for haggis in Scotland. Then I saw haggis virtually everywhere I went there. I suspect lutefisk is picking up in popularity as various peoples more and more celebrate their food heritage. Read more

Are you nuts? Who’d be nutty enough to put nuts in a cardamom roll? (But seriously, it contains no nuts). Read more

Rare is the dad joke that’s also a pastry joke and borderline NSFW joke.  Read more

Maybe see a therapist. Or at least a doughnut baker. I’d buy you a long john if it’d help you heal, brother. Read more

There IS a mention of old fashioneds. Read #3.  Read more

Read #3. It’s all good.  Read more

It’s not right or humane, but I’ve had dreams of kidnapping incredible chefs and bakers to have them at my beck’n’call whenever I’m feeling peckish. Read more

Subbing honey for rose syrup. Yes, a definite correlation, but, chronologically, gulab jamun are like loukoumades;-) Read more

So the cost of a dozen KK is now less than a single, average NYC doughnut. Amazeballs. Maybe this is sneakily a campaign to kill the artisan doughnut shopppe. Read more

But what a backstory paczki come with. Weave a jelly doughnut story of true cultural importance that incentivizing and you, too, can make a mint on jelly-filled fried dough. Read more

You’re obviously correct. Though Hamtramck was THE motivating factor for my visit to Detroit. Read more

Yeah, they totally trick you into thinking you’ve pre-earned a paczek after the Paczki Day Run, but a mere 5 km doesn’t burn half a one, yet you end up feasting on five. No? Just me? Then again, that toilet stuff was def not me TG. Read more

I happen to be working on a book about all these. Nearly every country has its own version and own name. Even around Italy, bombolone seems to get a unique name. Read more

Indeed they do. Just go to their websites (I’m sure plenty of the bakeries not mentioned also ship). Def worth the annual splurge. Read more

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news about Jersey shore “zeppole.” Not that those bagfuls aren’t super delicious! https://thetakeout.com/what-are-zeppole-an-italian-donut-and-st-josephs-day-1842273554 Read more

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Neither of you are remotely wrong. Read more

I take uncommon as a compliment. Read more

It’s doughnut. Only bad spellers use misspelled words like donut, drive-thru, and nite. PS: We also fought a war with the Germans, “Poltergeist.” Read more