Having spent plenty of time in Portland, when I first picked up this cookbook all I could think was, “Why have I never been to this food cart?!” And then as I continued to read through it, that question transformed into, “How does she do all of this in her food cart?”
This question did not go long unanswered. When you pick up The Sugar Cube cookbook you will be happy to know not only does she list every cooking tool she uses in the first few pages, but also they’re pretty simple; if you do any regular amount of baking, you probably have most if not all of them. My only caution or complaint about this cookbook is if you aren’t residing in a city like Portland or Seattle where we really love our organic markets or specialty stores, you may have to call around to hunt down some ingredients. I made a couple of the recipes when visiting my folks and tracking down leaf lard in their neck of the woods took a bit of leg work.
So many other recipes I wanted to try, but I’ll leave those to you. If you have a sweet tooth, if you have a penchant for baking, if you just need a dessert go-to that doesn’t make your head spin you need this cookbook. It’s cute, it’s fun and surprisingly simple to make even the most intricate of tasty treats.