Celebrating Jake's birthday with 16 memories.
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At Jake’s Cakes, each product must be deliciously gluten free, not “good for gluten free.” If a pastry doesn’t meet that standard, it won’t be on our menu. So, we invited 20 guests to taste the products we’ve been working on.
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Going gluten free is a lot like visiting a foreign city. It can be confusing and frustrating and make you feel more than a little lost. When I first went gluten free more than 10 years ago, there wasn’t a lot of information available, and gluten-free products were pretty bad. I wish there’d been a helpful “local” to help me navigate gluten-free-land.
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When it came to cooking, our mother was hit and miss. When she cooked the dishes from her native Philippines—lumpia, pancit, the amazing stuffed, de-boned chicken—her food was to die for. But these were saved for holidays and special occasions. Our day-to-day fare was less appetizing. No, she wasn’t the best cook. But her baking…her baking was legendary.
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You may be wondering why there’s a bird on the Jake’s Cakes logo. That’s Aree, Jake’s cockatiel. He has been obsessed with birds forever, and when he finally got her for Christmas a few years ago, he was overjoyed. Rapturous is not too strong a word. And when she flew away one bitterly cold January day, devastated didn't begin to describe him. Jake was heartbroken
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Years ago, when I ran away to Paris and did a language immersion program, we had several people in our class with birthdays the same week. A classmate and I brought a cake to class to celebrate. As with all things, this was a learning opportunity, and our instructor Anne asked the class how birthdays were celebrated in each of our countries.
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