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  1. Andres
    27.04.2023 @ 07:56

    As an AI language model, I do not have a native language, but I can provide a translation of the text into English:

    Photography: Patti Paige. What do national art museums, avocado toast, and Martha Stewart have in common? Patti Paige has turned them all into cookies. For almost four decades, the New York native has been making sweets with a royal icing and an eye for color and detail, creating cookie versions of everything from a bagel with lox and mini pizzas to Big Ben and the White House – even Oscar dresses and pregnant Demi Moore (think her iconic Vanity Fair cover). You might think shes done it all, but Paige would consider it a challenge to do more.

    Details, details, details! The key to mastering them? Paige says, “A very steady hand.” She wasnt always piping and painting tiny meals and celebrities. “I started with cookies that were just outstanding – peanut butter, chocolate chip, and lots of nutty cookies that were one of my grandmothers recipes,” Paige told us. She was 23 when she started selling her cookies at places like the famous NYC food store Dean and Deluca.

    ” When I got bored with them, I started making gingerbread houses. And at that time, I dont think people really distinguished between cookies and cakes because I started getting a lot of orders for gingerbread houses that people thought were elaborate cakes! “Cakes or not, Paiges creations quickly began to attract attention (including ours!). “I remember making a cookie for a magazine back in the 90s. It was Babar the elephant,” Paige recalls. “I also remember one of Marthas fried cookies from Turkey that I really loved. In fact, I think its the only cookie design Ive ever copied!”

    Since then, Paige has designed hundreds of cookies. Their orders range from two cookies to five thousand (seriously!) Of course, the collectors collection is large, currently around 3,000, many of which have been made. “When I first started making my own cookies, they didnt have many cutters in the store. Now you can find almost everything. ”

    Today, a fraction of the collection of cutters is on display in her studio, which feels more like an art workspace than a bakery. With jars of brushes, small pots of edible glitter, and dotted notes stuck around her wall, its no wonder Paige studied painting. “In fact, I would call