Alexander Aciman

I wrote this piece about Jewish pastries, Milwaukee, and my grandfather. I am lucky that I got to send it to my grandparents this morning. It's hard to explain how much it means to me that I got to write this. very grateful to @tabletmag for publishing it

Tablet Magazine @tabletmag

The Sweet Taste of Childhood—With Coconut on Top: Reconstructing a recipe for the rolls my grandfather remembers from his early days in Milwaukee https://t.co/DThTHBIbWo

RT @rosenthal_jon: I have been struggling to articulate the complex emotions I've been feeling since Saturday morning as a Jew, a liberal/p…

I wrote this thing about the ice cream maker from Gilmore Girls

NYT Wirecutter @wirecutter

It’s not hard to imagine which flavors might have been dreamed up by a Gilmore-owned Musso Lussino. We're talking blueberry pancakes, Red Vines, coffee, Christmas apple tart, and more. https://t.co/bnjNXNclPM

RT @nytimes: "The Bear" gets even the smallest details of professional kitchens right. And it’s no surprise that a lot of the items that re…

RT @wirecutter: Here is every Wirecutter pick we could find in @TheBearFX's first season. 🔪 https://t.co/wnC07gaotN

I also got to publish this today on one of my absolute favorite TV shows of the last few years, The Bear for @wirecutter @TheBearFX https://t.co/IO5x9oMd0R

RT @tabletmag: The Shape of Pastries Past: Trying to recreate my great-grandmother’s cheese-filled bollos, from @alexaciman https://t.co/…

I wrote a piece about figuring out the family recipe to these cheese biscuits, and completing my grandmother's lifelong quest to upstage her mother in law for @tabletmag. This meant a lot to me. https://t.co/Am59en264Q

For Passover this year I wrote about my decade-long mission to recreate my great-grandmother's Charoset recipe for @tabletmag https://t.co/mTy0Kq6nS0

RT @tabletmag: A Mystery Baked Inside a Cake: My explosive mission to recreate the ‘pain d’espagne’ my grandfather once made, which I never…

I know twitter might be shattering, but I also wrote this essay on my grandfather and baking for @tabletmag, and it meant a lot to me that I got to write this. Also it was my first time baking a cake alone and my oven exploded in the process... https://t.co/xqHwXdEQJS

RT @CatapultStory: What is a job you’d want to have for only a month? What’s the least desirable vacation spot? What’s your impossible life…

Hi! Starting in November I'm going to be teaching a 4 week seminar on screenwriting for @CatapultStory. If you've ever thought that something would make an AMAZING movie or tv show, but don't know the first place to start, you should join me this fall! https://t.co/aFEtDCGQIo

RT @tabletmag: The Perfect Quince Jam: Trying to recreate a recipe that carries a history as broad as the Mediterranean, and as specific as…