11 Rose McAdoo

Regenerative Baking #11: Rose McAdoo on Dessert as Climate Art

 

The overarching question of Season 2 of Regenerative Baking is "What does it look like to bake with place in mind?" And we're kicking it off with Rose McAdoo (@rosemcadoo), a brilliant food artist who takes baking with place in mind to extremes. Splitting her time between Alaska and Antarctica, Rose makes cakes that communicate climate science, often using the bitter wilderness as her pastry kitchen. In this episode, Rose talks to Dressler about her journey from New York wedding cake decorator to the Antartica search-and-rescue team, to Alaska glacier-guiding, to a surprise backwoods Alaska dessert project with Rose Wilde, and much, much more.

Links:

Rose McAdoo’s website

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program (and another article)

Rose McAdoo on NPR

“The Brief History of the Dead” by Kevin Brockmeier

Arctic Circle Residency

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