Cupcakes are BIG news, with articles this past week in USA Today and the UK's Independent, and this weekend...The New York Times runs a great piece in the Week in Review with quotes from me (and click through for the awesome illustration) and Newsday asked me to write an op-ed piece, which they titled, "Kids and cupcakes: It's the American way!" Newsday has been running stories all week about the cupcake issue and we'll be posting about that soon (and more, just a lot of cupcake news and pics to handle at the moment, but do keep sending us tips and your photos). Mostly I just wanted to say THANK YOU for all your support and enthusiasm. This blog would be nothing without our hungry, cupcake-loving readers!
From The New York Times, "Don't Even Think of Touching That Cupcake" by Sarah Kershaw:
THE cupcake is at something of a crossroads. Edible icon of Americana, frosted symbol of comfort and innocence, it may not have faced such an identity crisis since first appearing in cookbooks sometime in the 18th century.
As we know, cupcakes have had a whopping resurgence: they are retro-food chic, the thing to eat for people in the know.
But cupcakes have also recently been marched to the front lines of the fat wars, banned from a growing number of classroom birthday parties because of their sugar, fat and “empty calories,” a poster food of the child obesity crisis. This was clear when children returned to school this month to a tightening of regulations, federal and state, on what can be served up between the bells.
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From "Kids and cupcakes: It's the American way!" by Rachel Kramer Bussel in Newsday:
A ban on cupcakes in class deprives kids of what many of us grew up with as the ultimate birthday party treat. The cupcake is as American as apple pie - only prettier.
The cupcake is the most democratic of desserts. Single-serving portions mean you don't have to share your cupcake with anyone - it's all yours. They're also uniformly sized, so there can't be any cries of, "She got the bigger piece!"
Each bite's taste can be altered to maximize your preferred cake-to-frosting ratio, a lesson in the principle of self-determination. Some people scoop fingerfuls of frosting into their mouth, one burst of buttercream at a time.
Read the rest
From The New York Times, "Don't Even Think of Touching That Cupcake" by Sarah Kershaw:
THE cupcake is at something of a crossroads. Edible icon of Americana, frosted symbol of comfort and innocence, it may not have faced such an identity crisis since first appearing in cookbooks sometime in the 18th century.
As we know, cupcakes have had a whopping resurgence: they are retro-food chic, the thing to eat for people in the know.
But cupcakes have also recently been marched to the front lines of the fat wars, banned from a growing number of classroom birthday parties because of their sugar, fat and “empty calories,” a poster food of the child obesity crisis. This was clear when children returned to school this month to a tightening of regulations, federal and state, on what can be served up between the bells.
Read the rest
From "Kids and cupcakes: It's the American way!" by Rachel Kramer Bussel in Newsday:
A ban on cupcakes in class deprives kids of what many of us grew up with as the ultimate birthday party treat. The cupcake is as American as apple pie - only prettier.
The cupcake is the most democratic of desserts. Single-serving portions mean you don't have to share your cupcake with anyone - it's all yours. They're also uniformly sized, so there can't be any cries of, "She got the bigger piece!"
Each bite's taste can be altered to maximize your preferred cake-to-frosting ratio, a lesson in the principle of self-determination. Some people scoop fingerfuls of frosting into their mouth, one burst of buttercream at a time.
Read the rest
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