Micheline Maynard

5 days ago | culinarywoman.substack.com | Micheline Maynard

Mother’s Day is this Sunday in the U.S. (Britain already observed theirs). This year marks the 10th anniversary of my mother’s death, which seems impossible. But I hear her voice in my head every time I cook. A lot of people learned cooking from their grandmothers, but I didn’t have their influence, so all my lessons came from my mother. My kitchen at th…Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to CulinaryWoman to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

1 week ago | culinarywoman.substack.com | Micheline Maynard

To me, the test of a good bakery is a butter croissant. If you can master that, I trust you to make fancier things. However, bakers get bored with classics, and they feel a desire to tinker. Croissants have been a victim of this experimentation. (By the way, it is pronounced “kwah-sont.” You do not pronounce the “r.” Doing so drives me nuts.)Almond croissants were invented as a way to use up day old croissants and convince customers they were getting something special.

1 week ago | culinarywoman.substack.com | Micheline Maynard

Welcome to the first May issue of the CulinaryWoman Newsletter! I’m happy to see our new subscribers as well as people who are following the newsletter. I hope you’ll commit to a subscription, and consider becoming a paid subscriber. That will bring you even more stories throughout the week. If you’d rather make a one-time gesture, you can also buy me a coffee in any amount — which leads me to the topic of this week’s newsletter.

1 week ago | culinarywoman.substack.com | Micheline Maynard

Last year, Starbucks embarked on a campaign to bring customers back to its stores. After ridding shops of places to sit, ticking off baristas by stalling on a contract, and raising drink prices, it learned that customers weren’t happy with it. So, it tried to make things right, only — it hasn’t worked. This week, Starbucks reported its fifth straight qu…Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to CulinaryWoman to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Micheline Maynard

Micheline Maynard, a contributing writer for Globe Ideas, is the author of “The End of Detroit: How the Big Three Lost Their Grip on the American Car Market.”Two big things happened recently in the world of electric vehicles. Elon Musk said he was going back to run Tesla, after directing teams of young cost slashers who have caused chaos across the federal government. Meanwhile, China hosted the Shanghai Motor Show, now considered the world’s biggest and most important.