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 Disasters, but also the magic of cream puffs. Something she equates to a parlor trick.
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Entertaining Disasters by Nancy Spiller
Compromise Cake by Nancy Spiller
Cream Puffs with mock Bavarian cream filling from Epicurious
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EP 5: The Cream Puff Parlor Trick