Yeast Cake News Today

As a self-described curious cook, I immediately cracked open a review copy of “Fruit Cake: Recipes for the Curious Baker” and said, “Yes, please.” The debut work by Brooklyn-based food stylist Jason Schreiber, “Fruit Cake” defies all notions of those stodgy loaves doubling as doorstops. As the title promises, there is fruitcake in the traditional sense (including the Jamaican Black Cake, below), but that alone would be skimming the surface of Schreiber’s very ...