Location is everything. It has taken me many years of living in uninspiring and isolating places to fully grasp the truth of this statement. To not think of location as an addendum to be ignored and then forgotten, but rather as the first chapter in the book on how to achieve the charmed life. Faced [...]
Daring Bakers Challenge
Aligning Atoms: The Daring Bakers’ December Sourdough Challenge
There have been many moments in my life where I have felt defeated. Where the goals I set for myself seemed unattainable, extending far beyond my reach. If I was feeling exceptionally self-absorbed, I sometimes felt like I was being punished, like all the atoms that make up the universe were aligning to prevent me [...]
Thy enemy is meringue: The November Daring Baker’s Challenge
Meringue. It fills me with dread. It riddles me with anxiety. It deflates my confidence. Egg whites and sugar. A dash of cream of tartar to act as a stabilizer. Three simple ingredients, heart palpitations and a lump in my throat. Beat the whites with the cream of tartar. Pour in the sugar, slowly. Wait [...]
Povitica: The October Daring Baker’s Challenge
Autumn. Early sunsets and the sound of crisp leaves crunching beneath rubber boots. Scarves and sweaters. Pumpkin patches brimming with bundled tots and red-nosed mothers and fathers. White, dewy breath trailing from moist lips. Cauliflower. Winter squash. And apples, apples, apples! Autumn is settling in and with it a sort of romantic wistfulness washes over [...]
Flakey, buttery, mini-failures.
Today just isn’t my day. Truth be told, it hasn’t really been my week. Perhaps I might blame it on the transition that’s before us—that between summer and fall. But so far it’s only brought the return of good things I’d forgotten I missed, like scarves, Mutsu apples at the Farmer’s Market and rainy days [...]
