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多年来，几乎不是刻意的，我已经成为一个痴迷的收藏家——不是物品，而是食谱。我已经积累了好几盒子和数个文件夹。我在印刷品中和网络上随意搜索；当我外出时，无论是在家附近还是旅行，我都毫不留情地、坚定地、经常是无耻地去寻找。当我在市场上排队时会偷听，有的时候，如果我认为有可能搞到些特别的东西，我就鼓起勇气，在他们的谈话中见缝插针。我问店主们，他们是如何准备好他们卖的东西的，这就是为什么我用非常低的温度来烹饪火鸡，还担心它会做不好，直到第二天(慢烤的鸡皮很亮，肉也很嫩)。当我在一家餐馆品尝我喜欢的东西时，我会记笔记，然后在自家厨房里花几天时间尝试把它做出来。有时候，我的食谱是通过邮件、好运或者直接找上门的，比如我的第一个拜访蛋糕。
这个蛋糕由一块儿茶巾包裹，放在一个篮子里，是Ingela Helgesson自己烤了送给我的，我和她时不时地在康涅狄格的一个当地的农场商店里交谈。Ingela正在寻找完美的厨房水槽，我邀请她来看看我的;这个蛋糕是她向我表达谢意的礼物。这是一个黄油蛋糕，圆形的，而且很紧实，几片杏仁薄片嵌入它的金色顶部。它既朴实无华，又极具吸引力，我最喜欢的还是关于这个蛋糕的故事。Ingela的母亲在他们的家乡瑞典教她做这个蛋糕的时候说，做这个蛋糕太快了，当你发现客人们都来了的时候，你就可以开始把原料搅拌成一个面糊。当他们在你家里安顿下来的时候，蛋糕就可以吃了。
名字吸引了我。使我想起了朝圣者和聚餐，在城市和乡村的野餐，与朋友一起度过的周末，和在长途旅行中被施以援手的特别时刻。
15年过去了，我已经命名过几十个自己设计的“拜访蛋糕”，无论是把它们带到远方，还是把它们留在厨房里自己想用几天。我的拜访蛋糕可能是邦特蛋糕，简单而又常常是奇特的，有直接被塑入模具的漩涡、条纹和锯齿。也可能是可以被切成方块的大块儿蛋糕，或者是像Ingela的那样，可以切成漂亮楔形块儿的圆形蛋糕。但大多数时候，都是紧凑的长方形，有的时候又粗又矮，有的时候是扁平的，很多时候是冠状的，中间还有断层。
拜访蛋糕和其他蛋糕的区别在于它的坚固性——它是用来包装、打包和捆束的，用来旅行和至少在一个漫长的周末的时间里保持状态良好。通常要避免糖霜和花哨的装饰，这就意味着蛋糕的品质只取决于它的味道和质地，要能让人感觉湿润、紧致、容易切成片，就像磅蛋糕(非常适合作为拜访蛋糕)。所有的蛋糕都有共同之处，那就是它们注定要被分享，蛋糕的名字中就隐喻着相聚的快乐。
柠檬香料拜访蛋糕是我经常烘焙的蛋糕。它的优点之一是制作速度快，只需要搅拌器搅拌面糊;事实上，和很多香料蛋糕一样，刚做好的时候不错，一两天之后当香料渗透进蛋糕的时候更好； 这个蛋糕既朴实又漂亮，金黄的蜂蜜色和坚实的造型确保了舒适和满足。这个蛋糕不需要通过装饰让它看起来比现在更受欢迎，但是，有的时候我会在顶部刷上一层温热的果酱来给它增添一丝光彩;这个听起来有点儿猛，但是，这个蛋糕值得额外的关注。
还有柠檬的窍门，只需把柠檬皮擦入糖中，然后用手把两种原料揉在一起就可以了。一开始，感觉糖很粗糙。很快，压力就会促使柠檬皮释放出油，也会使糖努力来捕捉它们。一分钟后，糖又软又湿，微微沾染了颜色和浓郁的香味。所有重要的东西都被从柠檬皮中提取了出来，所以糖可以为面糊添加风味和香气。小的工作已经完成了，但是我喜欢让柠檬的香味在我的手指上多停留一会儿—在开始混合工作之前，洗手似乎总是一件令人很遗憾的事。
当从烤箱中取出蛋糕的时候，我闻到了黄油和香料的香味，但柠檬味儿却很淡。一瞬间，我觉得柠檬窍门的魔力已经消失了，但是，它从来没有失败过——它被深深地烤在蛋糕里，等待着给吃到第一片蛋糕的客人带来惊喜。
第一步：解决高频单词
obsessive [əb'sesɪv]
adj.强迫症的
muster ['mʌstə]
vt.使振作
unassuming [ʌnə'sjuːmɪŋ]
adj.低调的
immensely [ɪ'menslɪ]
adv.非常
inviting [ɪn'vaɪtɪŋ]
adj.诱人的
treat [triːt]
n.特别时刻
tide sb over (sth)
帮助某人渡过难关
preclude [prɪ'kluːd]
vt.排除
linger vi.继续留存 ['lɪŋgə]
vi.继续留存
whiff [wɪf]
n.一点点
第二步：精读重点段落
（Tips: 双击文中单词可以查释义并加入你的生词本哦）
第七段：
There’s also the lemon trick, which involves nothing more than grating the zest over the sugar and reaching into the bowl to rub the two ingredients together. At first, the sugar feels rough. Soon, the pressure encourages the zest to release its oils and the sugar to capture them. A minute later, the sugar is soft and damp, lightly tinged with color and powerfully fragrant. Everything essential has been pulled from the zest, so the sugar can flavor and scent the batter. The little job is done, but I like to linger to take a last whiff of the perfume on my fingers — it always seems a shame to have to wash my hands before setting to the work of mixing.
- linger vi.磨蹭
- whiff n.一点点
第三步：攻克必学语法
名词性从句
宾语从句
主语从句
同位语从句
表语从句
连接词 |
词义 |
在从句中充当的成分 |
可否省略 |
that |
无 |
不充当成分 |
只有在宾语从句中可以省略 |
if\whether |
是否 |
不充当成分 |
不可省略 |
连接代词 |
疑问 |
主、宾、表 |
不可省略
|
连接副词 |
疑问 |
状语
|
不可省略 |
第一段：
I ask shopkeepers how they prepare whatever it is they sell, which is how I came to cook a turkey at a temperature so low I feared it wouldn’t be ready to eat until the next day (its slow-roasted skin was burnished and its meat moist).
And sometimes recipes just come to me, by mail, by good luck or through the front door, which is how my first visiting cake arrived.
第二段：
Ingela’s mother, who taught her to make the cake in their native Sweden, said it came together so speedily that you could start mixing the batter the moment you spied visitors coming up the walk. By the time they were settled in your home, the cake would be ready to serve.
第五段：
What separates a visiting cake from all other cakes is its sturdiness — it’s built to be wrapped, packed and bundled, to travel and to retain its goodness for at least the span of a long weekend. This often precludes frostings and fussy decorations and means that the cake’s clarion qualities are its flavor and its texture, which tips toward moist, firm and easily sliceable, like poundcakes (which make fine visiting cakes). What all the cakes have in common is that they are meant to be shared. The joy of community is implicit in their name.
第六段：
Among its virtues are the quickness with which it’s made; the need for only a whisk to blend the batter; the fact that, like many spice cakes, it’s good when you make it and even better a day or two later, when the spices have had time to find their way into the cake; and that it is both homely and beautiful — its golden honey color and solid shape promise comfort and satisfaction.
第八段：
For an instant, I think the magic of the trick has vanished, but it never fails — it’s baked deep into the cake, waiting to surprise the visitor who takes the first slice.
不同类型从句出现的位置：
宾语从句 及物动词______
介词 ______
主语从句 __句首__
表语从句 系动词 ______
同位语从句 抽象名词_____
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A Cake You Can Take With You Anywhere
第一段：
Over the years, and almost without meaning to, I have become an obsessive collector — not of objects but of recipes. I have accumulated boxes’ and files’ worth. I search for them casually in print and online, and relentlessly, determinedly and often shamelessly when I’m out, whether close to home or traveling. I eavesdrop as I wait in line at the market, and sometimes, if I think there’s the possibility of nabbing something special, I’ll muster the courage to wriggle into the conversation. I ask shopkeepers how they prepare whatever it is they sell, which is how I came to cook a turkey at a temperature so low I feared it wouldn’t be ready to eat until the next day (its slow-roasted skin was burnished and its meat moist). I take notes when I taste something I like in a restaurant and then spend days in my kitchen trying to recreate it. And sometimes recipes just come to me, by mail, by good luck or through the front door, which is how my first visiting cake arrived.
- obsessive adj.强迫性的
- relentlessly adv.无情地
- eavesdrop vi.偷听
- nab vt.捕捉
- muster v.振作
- wriggle v.不知不觉地潜入
第二段：
The cake, protected by a tea towel and nestled in a basket, was given to me by its baker, Ingela Helgesson, a woman I’d talked with now and then at a local farm store in Connecticut. Ingela was searching for the perfect kitchen sink, and I invited her to come see mine; the cake was her unnecessary — but much appreciated — thanks. It was a butter cake, round and low, a few sliced almonds baked into its golden top. It was both unassuming and immensely inviting, but it was the story of the cake that I loved most. Ingela’s mother, who taught her to make the cake in their native Sweden, said it came together so speedily that you could start mixing the batter the moment you spied visitors coming up the walk. By the time they were settled in your home, the cake would be ready to serve.
- unassuming adj.不张扬的
- immensely adv.非常
- inviting adj.诱人的
第三段：
The name charmed me. It evoked images of pilgrims as well as of potlucks, of picnics in town and country, of weekends with friends and treats to tide you over on long trips.
- pilgrim n.朝圣者
- potluck n.家常便饭
- tide sb over 帮某人渡过难关
第四段：
Fifteen years later, I’ve christened dozens of “visiting cakes” of my own devising, no matter if I’ve taken them far away or left them in the kitchen to be enjoyed for days. My visiting cakes might be Bundt cakes, simple yet often fanciful, with swirls, stripes and crenelations molded into the pans they are baked in. They might be sheet cakes that can be cut into squares, or rounds, like Ingela’s, which make nice wedges. But most often they’re compact loaves, sometimes squat, sometimes flat and many times crowned, their centers cracked in volcanic fault lines.
- christen vt. 给…取名
- devise vt.发明
- fanciful adj.花哨的
第五段：
What separates a visiting cake from all other cakes is its sturdiness — it’s built to be wrapped, packed and bundled, to travel and to retain its goodness for at least the span of a long weekend. This often precludes frostings and fussy decorations and means that the cake’s clarion qualities are its flavor and its texture, which tips toward moist, firm and easily sliceable, like poundcakes (which make fine visiting cakes). What all the cakes have in common is that they are meant to be shared. The joy of community is implicit in their name.
- sturdiness n. 坚固
- bundle vt.捆
- retain vt.保持
- span n.期间
- preclude vt.排除
- clarion adj.清澈响亮的
第六段：
My lemon-spice visiting cake is one I bake regularly. Among its virtues are the quickness with which it’s made; the need for only a whisk to blend the batter; the fact that, like many spice cakes, it’s good when you make it and even better a day or two later, when the spices have had time to find their way into the cake; and that it is both homely and beautiful — its golden honey color and solid shape promise comfort and satisfaction. The cake needs no embellishment to make it more welcoming than it already is, but I’ll sometimes brush a little warmed marmalade across the top to give it a gloss; it’s a fillip, but the cake is worth the extra attention.
- homely adj. 家常的
- gloss n.光彩
- fillip n.刺激
第七段：
There’s also the lemon trick, which involves nothing more than grating the zest over the sugar and reaching into the bowl to rub the two ingredients together. At first, the sugar feels rough. Soon, the pressure encourages the zest to release its oils and the sugar to capture them. A minute later, the sugar is soft and damp, lightly tinged with color and powerfully fragrant. Everything essential has been pulled from the zest, so the sugar can flavor and scent the batter. The little job is done, but I like to linger to take a last whiff of the perfume on my fingers — it always seems a shame to have to wash my hands before setting to the work of mixing.
- grate vt. 擦
- zest n.柠檬皮
- tinge vt.微染
- linger vi.磨蹭
- whiff n.一点点
第八段：
When the time comes to take the cake from the oven, I catch the aromas of butter and spice, but the lemon is faint. For an instant, I think the magic of the trick has vanished, but it never fails — it’s baked deep into the cake, waiting to surprise the visitor who takes the first slice.
- faint adj. 微弱的
- vanish vi.消失
obsessive [əb'sesɪv]
adj.强迫症的
muster ['mʌstə]
vt.使振作
unassuming [ʌnə'sjuːmɪŋ]
adj.低调的
immensely [ɪ'menslɪ]
adv.非常
inviting [ɪn'vaɪtɪŋ]
adj.诱人的
treat [triːt]
n.特别时刻
tide sb over (sth)
帮助某人渡过难关
preclude [prɪ'kluːd]
vt.排除
linger ['lɪŋgə]
vi.继续留存
whiff [wɪf]
n.一点点
不要一时兴起，就要天天在一起
明天见！
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A Cake You Can Take With You Anywhere
第一段：
Over the years, and almost without meaning to, I have become an obsessive collector — not of objects but of recipes. I have accumulated boxes’ and files’ worth. I search for them casually in print and online, and relentlessly, determinedly and often shamelessly when I’m out, whether close to home or traveling. I eavesdrop as I wait in line at the market, and sometimes, if I think there’s the possibility of nabbing something special, I’ll muster the courage to wriggle into the conversation. I ask shopkeepers how they prepare whatever it is they sell, which is how I came to cook a turkey at a temperature so low I feared it wouldn’t be ready to eat until the next day (its slow-roasted skin was burnished and its meat moist). I take notes when I taste something I like in a restaurant and then spend days in my kitchen trying to recreate it. And sometimes recipes just come to me, by mail, by good luck or through the front door, which is how my first visiting cake arrived.
第二段：
The cake, protected by a tea towel and nestled in a basket, was given to me by its baker, Ingela Helgesson, a woman I’d talked with now and then at a local farm store in Connecticut. Ingela was searching for the perfect kitchen sink, and I invited her to come see mine; the cake was her unnecessary — but much appreciated — thanks. It was a butter cake, round and low, a few sliced almonds baked into its golden top. It was both unassuming and immensely inviting, but it was the story of the cake that I loved most. Ingela’s mother, who taught her to make the cake in their native Sweden, said it came together so speedily that you could start mixing the batter the moment you spied visitors coming up the walk. By the time they were settled in your home, the cake would be ready to serve.
第三段：
The name charmed me. It evoked images of pilgrims as well as of potlucks, of picnics in town and country, of weekends with friends and treats to tide you over on long trips.
第四段：
Fifteen years later, I’ve christened dozens of “visiting cakes” of my own devising, no matter if I’ve taken them far away or left them in the kitchen to be enjoyed for days. My visiting cakes might be Bundt cakes, simple yet often fanciful, with swirls, stripes and crenelations molded into the pans they are baked in. They might be sheet cakes that can be cut into squares, or rounds, like Ingela’s, which make nice wedges. But most often they’re compact loaves, sometimes squat, sometimes flat and many times crowned, their centers cracked in volcanic fault lines.
第五段：
What separates a visiting cake from all other cakes is its sturdiness — it’s built to be wrapped, packed and bundled, to travel and to retain its goodness for at least the span of a long weekend. This often precludes frostings and fussy decorations and means that the cake’s clarion qualities are its flavor and its texture, which tips toward moist, firm and easily sliceable, like poundcakes (which make fine visiting cakes). What all the cakes have in common is that they are meant to be shared. The joy of community is implicit in their name.
第六段：
My lemon-spice visiting cake is one I bake regularly. Among its virtues are the quickness with which it’s made; the need for only a whisk to blend the batter; the fact that, like many spice cakes, it’s good when you make it and even better a day or two later, when the spices have had time to find their way into the cake; and that it is both homely and beautiful — its golden honey color and solid shape promise comfort and satisfaction. The cake needs no embellishment to make it more welcoming than it already is, but I’ll sometimes brush a little warmed marmalade across the top to give it a gloss; it’s a fillip, but the cake is worth the extra attention.
第七段：
There’s also the lemon trick, which involves nothing more than grating the zest over the sugar and reaching into the bowl to rub the two ingredients together. At first, the sugar feels rough. Soon, the pressure encourages the zest to release its oils and the sugar to capture them. A minute later, the sugar is soft and damp, lightly tinged with color and powerfully fragrant. Everything essential has been pulled from the zest, so the sugar can flavor and scent the batter. The little job is done, but I like to linger to take a last whiff of the perfume on my fingers — it always seems a shame to have to wash my hands before setting to the work of mixing.
第八段：
When the time comes to take the cake from the oven, I catch the aromas of butter and spice, but the lemon is faint. For an instant, I think the magic of the trick has vanished, but it never fails — it’s baked deep into the cake, waiting to surprise the visitor who takes the first slice.