Everyday Cake Cookbook Signing & Cake Tasting at Matriarch

Come mingle with local author Polina Chesnakova, enjoy springy cake samples from Everyday Cake the Cookbook, sip some refreshing drinks, and shop woman-owned brands at Matriarch.

Copies of Everyday Cake will be available for purchase (and signing).

There's something for every mood and craving in Everyday Cake!
Using ingredients that are readily available, these cakes are unfussy yet sweetly indulgent. Recipes are arranged using pans most of us already have in our kitchens: round, square, loaf, rectangle, sheet, and bundt. Flavors include warm spices, herbs and flowers, and sweet essences, plus chocolate, fruit, nuts, and seeds.

An appealingly wide range of cakes will tickle every fancy:

The Yellow Birthday Cake with Whipped Malt Chocolate Buttercream is perfect for a birthday celebration of any age

The Lemon-Lavender Yogurt Cake is quick to make and satisfying with cup of tea

The Strawberries-and-Cream Cake is the ideal way to end a summer supper.

About the Author

Polina Chesnakova was born in Ukraine to Russian and Armenian parents from the country of Georgia. She was raised in a tight-knit Rhode Island community of refugees from all over the former Soviet Union and has cooked and baked in a handful of professional kitchens. She’s had her blog (now newsletter) Chesnok since 2015, and her work has been published in Saveur, Epicurious, The Washington Post, and Food 52. She has written two cookbooks: Hot Cheese and Everyday Cake. She worked for Book Larder in Seattle and presided over the cooking class program as the Culinary Director from 2021–2023. She lives in Rhode Island with her husband, Lee, and son, Anton.