À la carte (April 28, 2024)

A recipe, a reread, a podcast, a documentary

I “didn’t have time” to write much this week, though I did find the time to bake three flourless chocolate cakes in the lead-up to my father-in-law’s 75th birthday today, which this year is falling during Passover. I’m not usually a precise or practiced baker; I usually bake, selfishly, when I want a baked good, usually at 8 pm on a weeknight. But when …