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A Cook's Notebook: Henry's Almond Croissant

From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Length: 02:58

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From: Ali Berlow

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A Cook's Notebook - reflections on food and cooking in our kitchens and in our lives - airs weekly on WAMC. Henry's Almond Croissant first aired on WCAI on May 26, 2004 PROMOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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If I could of, I would?ve gone to that bakery every day of the week except for Thursdays because that?s his day off. So instead, I?d go to the Starbucks on the corner of 102nd and Broadway. But I?d never eat there because their KrispyKream donuts pale in comparison to his brioche, croissants and pain au chocolat.

Our relationship was strange. It was based on flour, sugar and butter. Baked goods. It all started with an almond croissant. Light, flaky and honest. It was split crosswise and spread with a perfect layer of orange-scented almond filling and then topped with the thinnest slivers of the roasted nut and a little powdered sugar.

At first, I had bought the croissant more as an afterthought to the coffee than anything else but I noticed him right off through the chaos of the morning rush. He was behind the counter cutting and weighing dough and watched me eat from his perspec...
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