From the monthly archives:

October 2008

48 Hours with Joy the Baker

October 29, 2008

Settle in friends. You might be here a while. Come and experience the better part of 48 hours behind the camera with Joy the Baker in San Francisco. From the Oakland Bart Station to the streets of San Francisco and back again. It’s a whirl wind trip. Hold my hand and play along.

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Pumpkin Cookies: Revisited

October 25, 2008

My pumpkin adventures continue.  I think pumpkin is just something I have to get out of my system in order to move on to more enticing Fall foods.  With these cookies, a version of some other out of this world pumpkin cookies, I can fairly say that I’ve got pumpkin out of my system.  All [...]

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Sit and Stay Awhile Apple Crisp

October 22, 2008

Some recipes are good enough to serve at the church picnic. Some recipes are fine enough to take to the family barbecue. Other recipes you know will satisfy your office coworkers. Those savages will eat just about anything. Then there’s the recipe that you pull out of your back pocket when you’re looking for love. [...]

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Blood and Bones

October 19, 2008

I come to you with these pictures and recipes not knowing whether this combination of treats is awesome or terrifying.  Blood and Bones. Before we get down to the treats, can I share something with you?  I’m not a big fan of Halloween.  Honestly,  it scares me a bit.  The whole night seems unpredictable and [...]

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Thanks For Being a Fan

October 19, 2008

Thanks so much for playing along and being a fan of Joy the Baker.  All your love on Facebook and Twitter really means a lot to me. I’m cookin’ up another post for you.  It’s going to be a winner. In the meantime, enjoy this picture of a slide of my parents at their wedding [...]

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Follow Joy the Baker!

October 17, 2008

The Internet sure is a big place.  Let’s make it just a bit smaller.  You and me.  Whaddya say? You know you can’t get enough Joy the Baker.  Why not follow me on Twitter and become a fan of Joy the Baker on Facebook? All of this Internet socializing is pretty new to this kitchen [...]

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Pumpkin Pie Bars

October 16, 2008

Pumpkin is upon us. It’s a fact friends.  Deal with it. I went a little pumpkin crazy at the store this week.  Something comes over me when the seasons change.  Because I live in a city where the weather insists on staying virtually the same temperature all year round, and the palm trees know nothing [...]

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A PSA from Joy the Baker

October 16, 2008

Vote. Vote for whomever you like. Just vote. It’s important. Please and Thank You. Sugar Cookie Recipe and an ooooold school Joy the Baker post right over here.

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The Great Doughnut Hunt

October 13, 2008

There are endless things for a young, single girl to do in a big city like Los Angeles.  There’s shopping on Melrose.  There are afternoons at the beach in mid October.  There are concerts, countless happy hours to attend, and an array of ridiculously pretentious clubs to try to get into.  Yea…. those are all [...]

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To You. From Me.

October 13, 2008

An open letter year book response to you. Yes, you. Imagine it’s written in uncomfortably large bubble letters. Hey! (Read: Dear Darling Most Wonderful Reader,) It was so fun getting to know you this year in Ms. Roger’s class (Read: Thanks for reading my blog even when I don’t update it for four days) Isn’t [...]

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Is it time for Spice?

October 9, 2008

What is going on in the world?  Is Al Gore messing with the global temperature again?  We’re sneaking into mid October and here I am in Los Angeles trying to talk myself out of using my air conditioner.  It’s as hot here as it was in July.  We’re talking 90′s people.  90′s!  That’s just not [...]

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Butterscotch Pudding with Bourbon Whipped Cream and Toffee

October 6, 2008

I was trying to come up with some charming childhood anecdote to accompany these butterscotch puddings, when I came to the blunt realization that I didn’t like pudding as a child. In fact, I may have purely despised the stuff. My only exposure to pudding came in the occasional lunch time trade with a friend [...]

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Things I Want To Put In My Face

October 3, 2008

What a week.  What a week.  Financial crisis. Bail out.  Katie Couric interviews.  Vice Presidential debates.  So much has gone on this week I literally feel exhausted by all of the news.  I do know one thing.  I need the phrase “Joe Six Pack” out of my life forever.  Seriously.  Out.   I thought I’d [...]

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