A Reason to Bake

Strawberry Ricotta Tart Because it's Spring

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I baked my first cake from scratch at the age of eleven. It was for a contest initiated by the troop leaders of a sad little Girl Scout Troop of five girls.

My family had just moved to Long Beach Island, New Jersey near my dad’s business. Winter at the Jersey Shore was eerie. Blocks and blocks full of empty summer houses were punctuated by a scant number of year-round inhabitants. I could bike for miles against a fierce and cold ocean wind without seeing a soul, and I did. I ha…