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    Zingerman’s Bakehouse Stollen

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A 2026 Holiday-Season Hit at Mail Order This time of year, a lot of Americans are watching the college football rankings to see who falls where … Continued

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    Chocolate Chess Pie from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A wonderful bit of chocolatey deliciousness in a buttery pie crust Here’s the latest in my long list (per the opening essay) of already great Zingerman’s … Continued

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    Beigli from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Excellent pastry in the style of Budapest Over the last 15 years—well, almost—the Bakehouse’s wonderful Walnut Beigli (pronounced “bay-glee”) has become one of our biggest … Continued

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    Exceptional Pumpkin Pie from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews An amazing version of a long-standing American classic Over the course of the last couple of weeks I have come to a curious but compelling culinary … Continued

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    The Bakehouse’s Seasonal Gingerbread Cake

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Another great baked good made better still by better butter To pull together the pursuit of pennies, last week’s essay on generosity, and the paragraphs that follow, … Continued

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    Sour Cream Coffee Cake is Better Than Ever

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Vermont Creamery Cultured Butter takes a classic to new heights Are you one of the tens of thousands of fans of the Bakehouse’s Sour Cream Coffee … Continued

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    Even-More-Buttery Palmier from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews The flakiest bite of butter and sugar you’re ever gonna eat You can add the Bakehouse’s beautiful and delicious Palmier to the ever-growing list of pastries … Continued

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    Cultured Butter Croissants from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A wonderful new “Wow!”-evoking culinary improvement Shortly after starting her studies at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1929, Simone de Beauvoir wrote in her journal … Continued

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    Rigó Jancsi Chocolate Rum Torta from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A terrifically tasty, historically fascinating, Hungarian pastry It’s been nearly 15 years now since we first started making Rigó Jancsi (pronounced ree-GO yan-CHEE) at the Bakehouse. To … Continued