Buckwheat cake from Alto Adige

A rustic cake from an Alpine border region

Picture me in my kitchen upstairs, our family kitchen, not the studio kitchen where I used to teach classes and where we still test recipes and shoot photos. It’s a quiet mid-September Sunday afternoon, still summery hot outside, notwithstanding the cooler nights. I am sitting at the marble table with my laptop, a lukewarm tea, and a slice of buckwheat …