Kitchen Notes

Notes from the
kid test kitchen.

Every bake goes to two very small critics first. This is where we keep score: what they loved, what they asked for, and what's coming out of the oven next.

5 Nov 2026 · No. 04 · attempt 2

Chocolate chip, getting close

the critics are tasting

Big, café-style, gluten-free, and baked to the gram from the recipe book we trust. Next up: one dough, two chocolates, and a blind test. May the best chocolate win.

in the test kitchengluten-free

2 Nov 2026 · No. 03

Sweet potato rolls

round 2: with a filling!

The critics have spoken: fluffier, and with something inside. Cheese or chocolate? No. 03b is in the works, made to order for our toughest customers.

round 2commissioned by the critics

Coming up · No. 04 · attempt 3

Battle of the Chocolates

A vs B, blind

One dough, split in two. A is Belgian, B is Indonesian. The critics taste both without labels. The winner goes into every chocolate chip cookie after that.

coming up