About this episode

Anna Stockwell discusses her new cookbook 'The Butter Book' and shares insights on baking and butter.

Today’s guest is Anna Stockwell, a recipe developer, food stylist, writer, culinary consultant, and video host. Anna has been a senior food editor at Epicurious and Bon Appétit, and is the author of two cookbooks, “For the Table” and her newest, “The Butter Book.” Anna joins host Jessie Sheehan to talk about growing up in a food-loving family, baking birthday cakes with her mom, and how she found her way into the kitchen professionally. She also does a little deep dive into butter—its history, why she loves cultured butter, when the brand really matters in a recipe, and more. Anna also walks Jessie through her Birthday Butter Cake recipe from “The Butter Book.” She explains why she loves the reverse creaming method, why she coats her cake pans with butter and sugar (instead of flour), and how boiling water helps create a glossy chocolate American buttercream. Click here for Anna’s Birthday Butter Cake recipe from “The Butter Book.” Subscribe to our Substack for more baking news and recipes. Click here to pre-order The Game Changers Issue of Cherry Bombe magazine. Click here for tickets to our upcoming Supper Club Series in Miami on June 23rd. Visit cherrybombe.com for magazine…

People in this episode

Host: Jessie Sheehan

Guest: Anna Stockwell

Topics covered

• baking
• butter
• cookbooks
• recipe development
• food history

Keywords

• Birthday Butter Cake
• butter
• reverse creaming method
• cooking techniques
• culinary consultant

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Epicurious, Bon Appétit, Cherry Bombe

Books & works: The Butter Book, For the Table, The Game Changers Issue of Cherry Bombe magazine

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