I started working at Simple Simon Bakery right around the time I read Laura Esquivel’s novel Like Water for Chocolate. The book follows a young girl who puts her many feelings into her cooking. The story and the skills I learned from that sweet (in all senses) bakery stuck with me like sprinkles to a [...]
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Patriot Pies — a post by Molly
Before the first fireworks flew into the sky on Monday, I started my own Independence Day celebration with my own Declaration of Independence: I turned the oven on. The tone of the oven when it reached its set 350o rang through the empty kitchen and could be heard 'round the air condition-less house. After an [...]
Here’s to friendship and the rich bread it inspires
It didn't look like much, zipped into a plastic bag and, well there's no other word for it, fermenting on my desk. But my friend Allie asked me if I'd like some friendship starter and, if there's anything I've learned in this long life of mine, it is to open my heart to friendship. So, [...]
Making a birthday cake — A Netflix original series
The whispers had swirled around that Midwestern city by the lake for years. Someone committed a heinous crime, on that everyone seemed to agree. But, just who ate a three-year old's birthday cake while he obediently napped? Well that's a matter that has been debated for some 49 years. I even wrote about the emotionally [...]
Accidental blessings
Valentine’s Day snuck up on me this year, as it does most years; its fat little ambassador likes to play games. Hints, in the way of thoughtful cards, showed up in my mailbox throughout the week and I thoroughly enjoyed them. But, in my mad rush to get to the end of each busy day, [...]