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EP 5: The Cream Puff Parlor Trick
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As Nancy puts it, a Cream Puff is a celebratory, comforting thing. And what a wonderful way to recall a recipe that she learned at her mother’s side before mental health concerns altered the mother daughter relationship.

A Tasty Parlor Trick

I connect with Nancy Spiller, a visual artist, author, and food writer who not only shares a very interesting project involving junk mail and the storyline of her food novel Entertaining Disastersbut also the magic of cream puffs. Something she equates to a parlor trick.

Painting from Nancy’s book Compromise Cake

Zoe and Nancy with the cream puffs they made together.

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The Heritage Cookbook Project Weekly
The Heritage Cookbook Project Podcast
Sharing the stories of heritage and culture as we dig into food memories, family recipes, and often forgotten foods.