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Some of the lovely cakes at the cake picnic I went to today.
We had 155 cakes!
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Some of the lovely cakes at the cake picnic I went to today.
We had 155 cakes!
Blood Orange Paradise Cake
been editin' pictures of cake. from Cake Picnic SF 2024. ph. Insley Smullen.
Le Cake Picnic de Sydney : Une Renaissance Gourmande et Sociale
En ce samedi ensoleillé dans les Jardins botaniques de Sydney, une foule de plus de 500 personnes se rassemble autour d’une scène insolite : des tables couvertes de centaines de gâteaux colorés, sous le regard emblématique du Harbour Bridge. Cet événement, baptisé Cake Picnic, n’est pas une simple dégustation, mais un mouvement viral qui séduit les gourmands du monde entier, de San Francisco à…
I don't know who needs to hear this but you should throw a Cake Picnic! (A potluck where everyone brings a different vegan cake to share.) We have so many cake recipes!
"If we can't play together, how can we work together?"
This was one of my favorite quotes I heard while working with our client, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, at TEDMED last week. It comes from Danny Milholland, who was describing the efforts under way in his hometown of Port Townsend, Washington, to build a stronger community. Danny told me about projects like the Cake Picnic. Each May, thousands of people gather to eat free cake (last year, volunteers baked and served 4,000 pieces of cake!), then join together for a massive dance party.
Never underestimate the power of whimsy and play. -aer