Healthy Resolutions…or eat more pancakes!

I know I said I don’t believe in making New Year’s resolutions…and for the most part I don’t. Rather, I subscribe to the “one step at a time,” make subtle lifestyle adjustments towards the bigger goal approach…particularly when it comes to diet and exercise. Like I said before, regimented calorie counting and restrictions don’t work…

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Healthy Bake…or eat your veggies!

I’m not one for making New Year resolutions, particularly those involving diets because, let’s face it, they very rarely make it past February…maybe March. I remember one year, back in my 20’s, setting a goal of 98lbs. Not sure why I specified that exact number. I can only assume it was based on some ridiculously…

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The Soft Bake…or for the love of fluffy bread

I am an equal opportunity lover of bread–crusty baguettes, hearty levain, flaky biscuits, golden brioche, pillowy milk bread, chewy bagels. I’ll happily bake them all…usually in rotation. One week I’ll bake a nice crusty loaf of sourdough rye–hands down the best bread to use for avocado toast. The next week it’ll be bagels with “everything”…

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Post Holiday Chronicles

I know we’re already heading into the third week of 2021, but I feel like I’ve been dragging my feet (and my brain) into January–literally and figuratively–hence the lapse in blog posts. It’s not as if I haven’t been working on various baking and miscellaneous DIY projects for the past few weeks (just look at…

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Savoring the last (bake) of 2020

I really had no plans for this New Year’s Eve, other than park myself on the sofa with Violet, sip some homemade peppermint cocoa while I re-binge all eight episodes of Bridgerton. My family and freinds had other plans, sliding in some end of year baking requests. For my brother Ken it was some individual…

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Baking For Dog Lovers

I don’t think many of us dog parents could’ve made it through 2020 without the companionship of our fur babies. Even as I hollered in frustration (and often in disgust) at my television over the mind-boggling stupidity of the current administration, Violet has been calmly and steadfastly at my side, perched over my shoulder on…

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The Art of Being A Ninja Baker…or what to do when your oven craps out.

I had everything all planned out. There were shopping lists, a production schedule coordinated with pick up dates and times. Sure, there were way more holiday bake sale orders than expected–didn’t know what to expect given the year we’ve had–but I was on it. Then it happened….my (up until then) trusty oven crapped out on…

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In the land of fruit and nuts…

Reality is like a fruitcake, pretty enough to look at but all sorts of nasty things lurking just beneath the surface. A. Lee Martinez Let’s face it, if 2020 was a cake it would be fruitcake–laden with polarizing ingredients, bathed in alcohol, and hard to digest. And, right when you think you’ve choked down the…

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The Twelve Treats of Christmas…give or take a few

I know, twelve may seem, on the surface, a bit excessive. After all, we’re in downsizing mode due to the pandemic, celebrating the holidays in our self-contained safe bubbles…roasting turkey parts instead whole turkeys. I’ve never been one to hold back on my holiday baking, whether it be in a professional capacity as a pastry…

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