Jusrt found your site and enjoyed reading through comments re homemade vanilla and the pantry clean out. Look forward to more fun things re cooking/baking. Thanks.
oh my goodness I have just stumbled across your fantastic website :) wow wow wow!! you share a love of baking and photography with me :) All your recipes look absolutely fantastic and yummy – I can’t wait to try them! Awesome website!! I will be back soon!
Oh my goodness,I just had to write to say I made your awesome, awesome chocolate bundt cake today for a Labor Day cookout/birthday party. It was beyond delicious…moist, yummy, sinful for sure. I will now have to find many excuses to make it over and over again. Thanks so much for sharing!
BTW, ever recipe I have tried from this site has been great and I just love reading your posts. You are a hoot girl!
Hi Joy,
I’ve followed your blog for a couple years but have never commented until today. I love the new look. It’s very easy to navigate. I wanted to extend an invitation to you if you ever find yourself near Temecula wine country. My husband & I are part owners of Wiens Family Cellars and if you head our direction and let me know you’re coming I’d love to provide a free wine tasting for you and a guest. I’d love to meet you and a wine tasting would be a great way to be introduced!
If you’re interested in checking out my new blog, you can find me at http://lesliewienswineryadventures.wordpress.com and http://www.wienscellars.com. Hope to see you!
Cheers! Leslie
My family loves your healthy banana bread recipe. Sadly, I over baked it yesterday. I knew something was wrong when my four year old handed his morning slice back to me with a sad look on his face. :(
Can I save it? Perhaps turn it into a beautiful bread pudding? Would love to hear your thoughts.
I have never followed a blog before and I am excited that this will be my first! I made the pumpkin cookies and pancakes this weekend! I am so excited to have found you!
Joy! You’ve created such a wonderful blog and I thoroughly enjoy EVERY post! Joy the Baker is my newest addiction! Your blogs are like little gifts of joy in my inbox full of creative juice and sweetness to get me going! Thank you!
~mollyjoy
Like, all of a sudden I am NOT receiving your blog listings on MyY! page – I am soooo devastated!! I can’t live without your humor or fantastic recipes!! What has happened? Is it because you are now on Facebook and Twitter, or what? I held off contacting you, figuring that maybe something unforseen happened, but finally I couldn’t stand it! I visited your blog personally… So is it something I did or said…?
OMG! Such a small world. I was looking for tasty treats to bake online and found this blog…and low and behold it’s someone I went to high school with. Everything looks wonderful, Joy. I’m all over that shrimp and grits recipe. Can’t wait to make it.
Hi Joy, Id like to post a link to your web page from my site, and Im wondering if you have a button or something? I love your site and have mentioned your site a few times, Id like to give you credit for that…. Can you hook me up?
Joy, I LOVE your site. You offer the most wonderful photos and recipes. Thank you for the mention of my cookbook, SWEETS: Soul Food Desserts and Memories.
Please visit me at my new blog, The Domestic Geisha, where I am attempting to follow the same “recipes with memories and womanly maxims” format as I’ve used in my cookbooks.
Once again, I LOVE this site. I am a frequent visitor.
Patty Pinner
Hi Joy! I just found your blog..AWESOOOOOME, & subscribed via email.
I’m from the land of Dulce de Leche ,Argentina,but living far away almost for15 years..now in Italy.
I love baking &photos ! so i’m gonna be around.
Saluti :) (sorry formy english!)
I swear I saw you at the farmers market in Hollywood last Sunday except you had lighter hair!! I had no idea who you were until seeing your pic today but I kept looking at you, like, somehow I’ve seen her before. ;) Maybe it was your twin. Anyway a mutual acquaintance of ours turned me on to your blog…which I LOVE, by the way!
Have a couple questions for you, if you have the time!
All best, and definitely subscribing today and looking forward to that cinnamon bread and many other wonderful treats :)
So Joy I have a question for you. How do you come up with your recipes/posts? Do people send you recipes and you tweak them abit? Because I have this coconut macaroon recipe from my Mother-in-law’s folks and I think it needs a little something. Can you help me or is that against the “rules”? Thanks again for all your hard work!
Dearest Joy!
I am absolutely in love with your quirks, your writing, and your recipes. Thanks for sharing!
I have a request though: I’d really like to see you tackle marzipan. Something so simple, yet so elegant could only be improved upon by your signature style.
Where on earth does one find instant espresso, or espresso powder? If I have regular ground espresso, what are equal substitutions say, if the recipe calls for 1 and 1/2 Tbs. of powdered espresso, what is the correct amt. of the regularly ground espresso beans. Thank you ahead of time. Although I would like your answer ASAP. Sorry ’bout that. Cindy
instant espresso powder is very similar to instant ground coffee. you could just use that. ground espresso beans might be a little grainy in the recipe.
I am so excited to say that in 3 weeks I will be visiting LA for the first time! May I put in a request for some avocado pound cake somewhere between 5/25-2/28? Great thanks! We can barter: pound cake for a pile of random stationary for your pen pal project or something else I can bring from DC.
Is there 1 “must see/do” thing that you can recommend for the area?
I never was into reading blogs or baking, but honestly, I cannot stop reading or talking about your blog with friends! Your sense of humor is so fresh and the things you make are so good to look at I HAVE to try them! I will for sure be getting your cook book when it comes out! It will be on my birthday wish list!
Hi – How do I unsubscribe to the email posts? I just switched over to subscribing to your blog via RSS, but I don’t know how to unsubscribe my email address. Please help keep my email inbox from overflowing! Thanks!
Those peaches look gorgeous, I haven’t seen anything as desirable as that in Camberwell! (Sorry, i putu my blog address in your website box because i don’t have a website). Madfranky recommended you
I just discovered your blog and kudos to you. I love the way you write. I really enjoy your blog and pictures and for sure the recipes are to die for.
I do want to ask is it possible to post more recipes using oil and not butter?
I am new to your site, which I have found via Pioneer Woman and How Sweet Eats. You recipes sound amazing and I cannot wait to try some out! I am looking for a recipe to make fruit fillings for cakes, like strawberry and raspberry. Would you have any recipes like that, that you would be willing to share?
Joy- I have been a follower for some time and I continue to enjoy all of your posts, great recipes and photos of what we all LOVE… FOOD! :) I am hosting a fundraiser in Sept. and I thought I would ask you for some tips on finger foods that can be prepared ahead of time… and…….. if you would be interested in supporting the event with an autographed book/recipe or something, I know it would be a HIT!!! (of course we are open to any fun ideas!!) You are awesome. Thanks for being an inspiration!
I’m so happy I ran out of brown sugar today! Had that not been the case I never would have stumbled across your blog. I love it and you are hilarious!! I can’t wait to make something….I am going to start with Lemon Raspberry Breakfast Rolls. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Dear Joy, first of all congrats on your lovely blog and many thanks for sharing with us your work! After visiting your blog periodically, I decided I would subscribe to receive it in my mail box. Yesterday I followed all the regular procedure and this morning, instead of a post I received an e-mail I thinks looks a bit like phishing. Here’s what came up in the mail, that has your name and mail address as the sender.
Is this really yours or is someone trying to hack us via your blog?
Thanks, Tziranda.
Loved making your roasted tomato and farro recipe. The onions and balsamic were divine. I devoured it for dinner last night and can’t wait to make it again for friends and family. Thanks!
Joy- I know we just met…but I think I love you.
Thank you for your clever, charming and incredibly smart site. I am having a lot of fun indulging in your recipes.
We are going to have a lot of fun together. I am sure of it.
Erin
Hi Joy,
I’m based in Dublin, Ireland and your website has been putting a smile on my face for quite a while now. I’ve just set up my own baking blog (it went live yesterday). Would love if you had a look, as I am trying to spread the word. The blog is really about old fashioned simple, tasty homemade baking that everyone loves.
Keep up the good work,
Claire
Hi Joy-
I’m Robert with 34 Degrees Crispbread–you used photos of our crackers in your excellent November 8th posting “The Perfect Cheese Plate”. Thank you so much for the exposure; the photos were beautiful! I’m glad that you like our product, and I was also pleased to see that some of your followers also recognized us.
Please check out our website and our Facebook page to learn more about our company. We are passionate foodies devoted to enhancing the tasting experience, especially where cheese is concerned!
Let me know if you’d like us to send you some more samples to play with. We’ve got some cool new items planned for 2012 as well.
Cheers!
Robert
Hi,
Discovered your blog and am looking forward to trying some of your wonderful recipes! I will definitely purchase your book! :) Have a beautiful day. Love your story about your Dad waking you up to help bake pies with him. xoxo Kim
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Loved the post about your visit to Seattle and seeing CakeSpy!
Jusrt found your site and enjoyed reading through comments re homemade vanilla and the pantry clean out. Look forward to more fun things re cooking/baking. Thanks.
oh my goodness I have just stumbled across your fantastic website :) wow wow wow!! you share a love of baking and photography with me :) All your recipes look absolutely fantastic and yummy – I can’t wait to try them! Awesome website!! I will be back soon!
Oh my goodness,I just had to write to say I made your awesome, awesome chocolate bundt cake today for a Labor Day cookout/birthday party. It was beyond delicious…moist, yummy, sinful for sure. I will now have to find many excuses to make it over and over again. Thanks so much for sharing!
BTW, ever recipe I have tried from this site has been great and I just love reading your posts. You are a hoot girl!
Hi Joy,
I’ve followed your blog for a couple years but have never commented until today. I love the new look. It’s very easy to navigate. I wanted to extend an invitation to you if you ever find yourself near Temecula wine country. My husband & I are part owners of Wiens Family Cellars and if you head our direction and let me know you’re coming I’d love to provide a free wine tasting for you and a guest. I’d love to meet you and a wine tasting would be a great way to be introduced!
If you’re interested in checking out my new blog, you can find me at http://lesliewienswineryadventures.wordpress.com and http://www.wienscellars.com. Hope to see you!
Cheers! Leslie
My family loves your healthy banana bread recipe. Sadly, I over baked it yesterday. I knew something was wrong when my four year old handed his morning slice back to me with a sad look on his face. :(
Can I save it? Perhaps turn it into a beautiful bread pudding? Would love to hear your thoughts.
I have never followed a blog before and I am excited that this will be my first! I made the pumpkin cookies and pancakes this weekend! I am so excited to have found you!
Joy! You’ve created such a wonderful blog and I thoroughly enjoy EVERY post! Joy the Baker is my newest addiction! Your blogs are like little gifts of joy in my inbox full of creative juice and sweetness to get me going! Thank you!
~mollyjoy
Like, all of a sudden I am NOT receiving your blog listings on MyY! page – I am soooo devastated!! I can’t live without your humor or fantastic recipes!! What has happened? Is it because you are now on Facebook and Twitter, or what? I held off contacting you, figuring that maybe something unforseen happened, but finally I couldn’t stand it! I visited your blog personally… So is it something I did or said…?
Love your creative recipies!
love your blog and recipes
I love you and your website!
I enjoy your blog.. And recipes.
Thanks so much
Tythene
OMG! Such a small world. I was looking for tasty treats to bake online and found this blog…and low and behold it’s someone I went to high school with. Everything looks wonderful, Joy. I’m all over that shrimp and grits recipe. Can’t wait to make it.
Hi Joy, Id like to post a link to your web page from my site, and Im wondering if you have a button or something? I love your site and have mentioned your site a few times, Id like to give you credit for that…. Can you hook me up?
Hi, just stumbled over your website and I find it absolutely awesome! I mean great receipts! I’m subscribing :) Congratulations.
Joy, I LOVE your site. You offer the most wonderful photos and recipes. Thank you for the mention of my cookbook, SWEETS: Soul Food Desserts and Memories.
Please visit me at my new blog, The Domestic Geisha, where I am attempting to follow the same “recipes with memories and womanly maxims” format as I’ve used in my cookbooks.
Once again, I LOVE this site. I am a frequent visitor.
Patty Pinner
Thanks for your foodspiration.
Hi Joy! I just found your blog..AWESOOOOOME, & subscribed via email.
I’m from the land of Dulce de Leche ,Argentina,but living far away almost for15 years..now in Italy.
I love baking &photos ! so i’m gonna be around.
Saluti :) (sorry formy english!)
Hi Joy!
I swear I saw you at the farmers market in Hollywood last Sunday except you had lighter hair!! I had no idea who you were until seeing your pic today but I kept looking at you, like, somehow I’ve seen her before. ;) Maybe it was your twin. Anyway a mutual acquaintance of ours turned me on to your blog…which I LOVE, by the way!
Have a couple questions for you, if you have the time!
All best, and definitely subscribing today and looking forward to that cinnamon bread and many other wonderful treats :)
i do go to that market sometimes… but i wasn’t there last weekend. i hear that i have a few twins around the world. weird and cool.
What a wonderful blog! I love your posts! My mouth waters everytime I look at all your pictures!
So Joy I have a question for you. How do you come up with your recipes/posts? Do people send you recipes and you tweak them abit? Because I have this coconut macaroon recipe from my Mother-in-law’s folks and I think it needs a little something. Can you help me or is that against the “rules”? Thanks again for all your hard work!
you can email me the recipe if you’d like. i’ll take a look at it for you. joy the baker at gmail.
It All Looks good!!
Dearest Joy!
I am absolutely in love with your quirks, your writing, and your recipes. Thanks for sharing!
I have a request though: I’d really like to see you tackle marzipan. Something so simple, yet so elegant could only be improved upon by your signature style.
Anxiously awaiting your marzipan debut,
Lark
Where on earth does one find instant espresso, or espresso powder? If I have regular ground espresso, what are equal substitutions say, if the recipe calls for 1 and 1/2 Tbs. of powdered espresso, what is the correct amt. of the regularly ground espresso beans. Thank you ahead of time. Although I would like your answer ASAP. Sorry ’bout that. Cindy
instant espresso powder is very similar to instant ground coffee. you could just use that. ground espresso beans might be a little grainy in the recipe.
I am so excited to say that in 3 weeks I will be visiting LA for the first time! May I put in a request for some avocado pound cake somewhere between 5/25-2/28? Great thanks! We can barter: pound cake for a pile of random stationary for your pen pal project or something else I can bring from DC.
Is there 1 “must see/do” thing that you can recommend for the area?
Thanks.
Lindsay
L(dot)E(dot)C(dot)Fitzgerald(at)gmail(dot)com
I love this site! Making me hungry :)
I never was into reading blogs or baking, but honestly, I cannot stop reading or talking about your blog with friends! Your sense of humor is so fresh and the things you make are so good to look at I HAVE to try them! I will for sure be getting your cook book when it comes out! It will be on my birthday wish list!
Hi – How do I unsubscribe to the email posts? I just switched over to subscribing to your blog via RSS, but I don’t know how to unsubscribe my email address. Please help keep my email inbox from overflowing! Thanks!
Those peaches look gorgeous, I haven’t seen anything as desirable as that in Camberwell! (Sorry, i putu my blog address in your website box because i don’t have a website). Madfranky recommended you
I love your writing, photography, and, most of all, recipes! I hope to start my own baking blog – do you have any tips?
I would love to follow your blog, but your subscribe via RSS link isn’t working. If you could look into this, I will DEFINITELY subscribe!
I just discovered your blog and kudos to you. I love the way you write. I really enjoy your blog and pictures and for sure the recipes are to die for.
I do want to ask is it possible to post more recipes using oil and not butter?
I am new to your site, which I have found via Pioneer Woman and How Sweet Eats. You recipes sound amazing and I cannot wait to try some out! I am looking for a recipe to make fruit fillings for cakes, like strawberry and raspberry. Would you have any recipes like that, that you would be willing to share?
Joy- I have been a follower for some time and I continue to enjoy all of your posts, great recipes and photos of what we all LOVE… FOOD! :) I am hosting a fundraiser in Sept. and I thought I would ask you for some tips on finger foods that can be prepared ahead of time… and…….. if you would be interested in supporting the event with an autographed book/recipe or something, I know it would be a HIT!!! (of course we are open to any fun ideas!!) You are awesome. Thanks for being an inspiration!
I’m so happy I ran out of brown sugar today! Had that not been the case I never would have stumbled across your blog. I love it and you are hilarious!! I can’t wait to make something….I am going to start with Lemon Raspberry Breakfast Rolls. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Dear Joy, first of all congrats on your lovely blog and many thanks for sharing with us your work! After visiting your blog periodically, I decided I would subscribe to receive it in my mail box. Yesterday I followed all the regular procedure and this morning, instead of a post I received an e-mail I thinks looks a bit like phishing. Here’s what came up in the mail, that has your name and mail address as the sender.
Is this really yours or is someone trying to hack us via your blog?
Thanks, Tziranda.
Loved making your roasted tomato and farro recipe. The onions and balsamic were divine. I devoured it for dinner last night and can’t wait to make it again for friends and family. Thanks!
Joy- I know we just met…but I think I love you.
Thank you for your clever, charming and incredibly smart site. I am having a lot of fun indulging in your recipes.
We are going to have a lot of fun together. I am sure of it.
Erin
Hi Joy,
I’m based in Dublin, Ireland and your website has been putting a smile on my face for quite a while now. I’ve just set up my own baking blog (it went live yesterday). Would love if you had a look, as I am trying to spread the word. The blog is really about old fashioned simple, tasty homemade baking that everyone loves.
Keep up the good work,
Claire
Joy… you are a joy! Your site is so easy to read and to navigate, and your recipes are divine. Thank you !!!
xx
Hi Joy-
I’m Robert with 34 Degrees Crispbread–you used photos of our crackers in your excellent November 8th posting “The Perfect Cheese Plate”. Thank you so much for the exposure; the photos were beautiful! I’m glad that you like our product, and I was also pleased to see that some of your followers also recognized us.
Please check out our website and our Facebook page to learn more about our company. We are passionate foodies devoted to enhancing the tasting experience, especially where cheese is concerned!
Let me know if you’d like us to send you some more samples to play with. We’ve got some cool new items planned for 2012 as well.
Cheers!
Robert
Can we just call it cocktail-time? Loved that. So perfect.
Hi,
Discovered your blog and am looking forward to trying some of your wonderful recipes! I will definitely purchase your book! :) Have a beautiful day. Love your story about your Dad waking you up to help bake pies with him. xoxo Kim
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