Hello, 2019 I generally love the new year. As I mentioned before, I am a sucker for a clean slate, even if it is an arbitrary line in the sand. Lots of people do the word for the new year, and I don't normally play along specifically and dogmatically, but I do like to get … Continue reading Enough
The In-Between Time
I hope everyone enjoyed a Merry Christmas with friends and family. It was definitely a different Christmas for my family, and if I am being completely honest, one that I am glad is over. I have never understood that feeling in others before, nor never really understood people not being excited and feeling festive for … Continue reading The In-Between Time
Odds and Ends
There is nothing quite like warm bread First, the odds! I mentioned a few months back about taking some pictures for a friend's work that would be published in a magazine. It was a bit of a stretch for me, but I felt good about it when it was over, and resolved to stop thinking … Continue reading Odds and Ends
Baking Again
Baking and cooking haven't been quite the refuge I wanted them to be these days. In fact, they have seemed like an impossible task of late. Like something else heavy I needed to carry, but my hands were already full. Instead, I have been reading. Reading was probably my first love, even before cooking. Reading … Continue reading Baking Again
My dad
I literally never thought I would be writing this post, and I have not been looking forward to it. Last week, a little after midnight on Thanksgiving morning, I got the midnight call no one wants. My father, a lion of a man to me, who was in great health, was suddenly and unexpectedly gone. … Continue reading My dad
And Dad Makes Four
Hurray! Dad is home! If you read last week's post, you know that our little family was struggling without him for 2 weeks, but he arrived home late this week, and we have had 2 days to soak his presence back in, you know, between him groggily trying to readjust back to our time since … Continue reading And Dad Makes Four
Blondies for the Win! aka Finding Moments for Gratitude
As I type this, I am sitting in my car looking out at the magnificent Pacific Ocean in my hometown. There are probably 50 surfers in the water, maybe 60. In the years I lived here, I never remember seeing this many. The water is pretty flat, so they aren't having the best day of … Continue reading Blondies for the Win! aka Finding Moments for Gratitude
4 Cakes and a Bake Sale
This week's giveaway went to a pretty amazing group of athletes. You may remember this family that I gifted my celebration of fall loaf, Apple Brown Butter Bourbon Brioche. Well, when your inspiring friend calls and asks if you could make some bread for a BBQ fundraiser they are having to support their sports team, … Continue reading 4 Cakes and a Bake Sale
An Ode to Friendship and Belonging
Oh, the preciousness of my giveaway this week! Can we all just agree that being in middle school is HARD? So hard, that I imagine most of us north of 14 years old could not be paid enough cash money to return to middle school. And then let's top off middle school with being a … Continue reading An Ode to Friendship and Belonging
Addicted to Bad?
Some bread is easy. It comes together like a dream, it rises beautifully and bakes up perfectly the very first time--and this is important--every time thereafter. Other bread does not. But I have rarely had trouble with getting to a consistently great end product the way I have had with the Tartine Style bread I … Continue reading Addicted to Bad?