Baking

Bread, cakes, and the slow rewards of flour and heat.

A tender single-layer cake perfumed with orange zest, good olive oil, and a whisper of almond.

A pillowy, olive-oil-soaked focaccia crowned with roasted peppers, red onion, and torn herbs.

Deeply nutty, chewy-edged cookies with pools of dark chocolate and flaky salt on top.