“They must not be eaten dainty flake by dainty flake, but inhaled with gusto like life itself”, instructs Mark Ruffalo’s character in last year’s critically acclaimed Poor Things. If you’re like me, you found this pastry just as intriguing as the movie’s eclectic costuming and steampunk world. The curious history of these Portuguese egg tarts is even more entrancing and globe-trotting than Emma Stone’s protagonist, Bella Baxter.  My goal of this weekly blog is to take you on a whimsical dive into the origin stories of baked goods like these egg tarts. We’ll sail around the world and jump back…