Leave it to pastry chef @zoekanan to create one of Jubilee’s most beautiful baked goods! The @elbowludlow co-owner crafted a Chocolate Chip Banana Pudding Kolache with @ghirardelli chocolate and rich brown butter brioche. Each one was filled with vanilla pudding, banana jam, and fresh sliced bananas, then finished with a sprinkle of chocolate graham cracker crumbs. Unsurprisingly, they disappeared quickly at the Ghirardelli café during our conference!
Zoë also joined the “Fresh Out of the Oven: New York’s Most-Wanted Treats & The Bakers Behind Them” breakout session panel, sharing her journey and what it’s really like running a bustling bakery in the city.
Before Jubilee, Zoë gave us a behind-the-scenes look at bringing these kolaches to life. Thank you to our friends @ghirardelli for their support, and if you’re in NYC, make a beeline for all of the delicious treats at Elbow Bread in the Lower East Side! 📸: @marinaelisee
Get ready bakers, pastry chefs, and people who just love a really good dessert! One of the Jubilee Breakout Sessions was baked up just for you. 😉🍪
“Fresh Out of the Oven: New York’s Most-Wanted Treats & The Bakers Behind Them Breakout Session,” presented by @ghirardelli , is bringing together a power team of some of the best bakers in NYC. @jessiesheehanbakes , the host of our baking podcast She’s My Cherry Pie, will moderate a panel featuring:
🍫 Connie McDonald & Pam Weekes of @levainbakery
🍫 Lucie Franc de Ferriere of @fromlucienyc
🍫 @shilpauskokovic of @hanisbakerynyc
🍫 @zoekanan of @elbowludlow
Bring your questions! It’s gonna be a sweet session. And be sure to swing by the Ghirardelli café in the marketplace for Jubilee-exclusive treats from Levain, Hani’s, and Elbow Bread.
📚 One more thing! Pam, Connie, and Lucie will be signing their cookbooks: “Levain Bakery: A Story of Friendship, Community, and Cookies,” and “Cake From Lucie,” so be sure to check the book signing schedule and stop by.
We’ve been waiting all year. Handmade, lattice-cut MATZO BOARDS made with NY-grown wheat are live for preorder in our web shop. Don’t settle for the boxed stuff! Perfect for your Seder table or just for snacks.
Also in the holiday mix: Flourless Chocolate Charlotte Russe + Coconut Lemon Curd Macaroon Tarts.
Preorder is the move! We might have a few extras on the counter next week, first come first served. Tap the link in our bio to lock yours in.
Yes. A cream puff split and filled with whole meyer lemon curd, drizzle of fresh passion fruit, and crème fraîche whipped cream. Capped, then dipped in meringue and lightly torched.
Lemon Meringue Pie Cream Puffs from @will.this.make.me.happy ’s new narrative cookbook will be on the counter this Saturday and Sunday from 10am until sold out! Tanya will be with us on Saturday at 10 to sign books and hang. Lucky us! Come by, snag a copy and a pastry, and see what happiness can taste like.
KOATJI & FRIENDS 🧡
In NYC with our friends at @elbowludlow and founder + baking wizard Zoë Kanan / @zoekanan breaking bread, sharing stories, and celebrating baked goods worth gathering for. Elbow Bread is that cozy corner shop that smells like a dream and pulls people together. Community, care, and really, really good food - and drinks 🤍
🇬🇧BRITPOP UP LOADING!🇬🇧Guest bakers of absolute DREAMS @nicolaalamb and @lillimarenbakes will be in house doing British takes on some of our favorite Elbow bakes… next week?! Cheeky little twists on a classic are our love language and these twists could only be devised by the double cream and treacle fueled minds of Lilli and Nicola. A lot of Custard. Sticky Toffee. Rarebit remixed. Cheddar. Damson Jam. Swipe for the menu, please.
The schedule is a bit specific, but we’re running the specials multiple days so as many folks can try as possible:
11/5 WED
11/6 THU
*regular menu 11/7 FRIDAY*
11/8 SAT
11/9 SUN
Britpop Menu will be avail from 9:30am on a first come, first served basis and until sold out! Most of our regular menu will still be available and YES this means we’ll be frying donuts on 2 weekdays.
If you aren’t already, subscribe to THE BUTTERY @lillimarenbakes@substack on new British baking (and ask her what a Buttery is) and KITCHEN PROJECTS @nicolaalamb ’s @substack which deep dives into creating some of the tastiest treats fathomable. Also seek out Nicola’s award-winning book SIFT which is one of the most high impact new baking books in recent memory.
Cheers!!!
1 YEAR 1 LUDLOW. As of this Friday, we’ll have been baking your bread and brewing your coffee for 1 entire year on the Elbow-shaped corner of Canal-Ludlow-Division. EEEEK.
For the occasion, we’re bringing back our HOT DOGS from 12-4 on the 24th! This time it’s snappy all beef franks, crimson crisp apple butter, pickled celery, really grainy mustard, and fried shallots in our fluffy buns. Exactly what you always expected from the neighborhood bakery!
We’re so grateful to be here, for our pitch perfect staff, our family and friends who’ve kept us going, and mainly for YOU - our reason why! Stop by to say hi, grab a dog or a pastry, and wish us well in year 2 XXOO
We were hesitant at first to have a croissant on our menu. We’re not a French bakery and weren’t sure it made sense for us or our production. But, our customers reaaalllly wanted one so we set out to make one that felt like us. Our Challah Croissants are enriched with egg yolks and sunflower oil, sweetened with honey, flavored with sourdough, and layered with butter. The result is flaky and familiar but with a fluffier interior than a classic croissant and distinct challah taste. They’re inspired by brioche feuilletée and Argentinian pull apart medialunas. Thank you @nytimes + @mahirarivers for this tribute! Also big shout to @kirstenester and bakers @mary.bagels and @baxterronquillo who are constantly improving and perfecting our process.
Edit: Now available daily!
Dressed Bialys on special today! Smoked whitefish salad, sweet and salty cucumbers, pickled mustard seeds, and herbs. See you at the counter / benches are in the sun!
Newest addition to our case: Nori Chocolate Chip! Find her moved in next to the rugelach on our counter next week Weds-Sun.
Milk and dark chocolates, brown sugar and molasses, roasted and shredded nori, crunchy sea salt, crispy edges, fudgy centers. Familiar in all the right ways but keeps you on your toes.
EDIT: Apple Cider Donuts extended through entire month of January! HANUKKAH DONUT WEEKEND @ ELBOW! Beginning at 9am this Saturday + Sunday we’ll be frying, sugaring, filling, punching, and glazing throughout the day in celebration of ~oil~. Planned menu includes:
Cranberry-Lime with Gingersnap Glaze
Coconut Cream
Sugarplum and Concord Jam
Triple Apple Cider
We might try a fried jam sandwich?? Extra napkins included. See you there.
(Note the majority of our offerings will remain available, but we’ll press pause on a few of our pastries to make room in the case!)
