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Midnight Snacking

May 16, 2011

My kitchen is clean. It’s nearly spotless. This is a huge problem. This means I haven’t been cooking. Wait. That’s not to say that I haven’t been eating… because sweet Lord have I been eating. I’ve been eating by the fistful. Usually large bowls of pasta late at night. Also, snacks. A mean amount of [...]

Penpals

May 1, 2011

I need you. Did you know that? I’ve had the shaky leg lately. I’ve eaten waaaay too much popcorn in full-on fits of what can only be described as ‘nervous eating’. I’ve more to-do lists than I care to admit. I shouldn’t even mention this weird pacing and sweeping the floor habit that I [...]

Let me be honest…

April 25, 2011

I’ve been thinking all day about what I’d write tonight. Should I write about the peacock I saw this weekend? Should I tell you about how I was afraid of the peacock until I remembered that it is ostriches that are sometimes mean and not peacocks? Yea… I’m smart. Ostriches spit right? No wait… that’s [...]

Twenty Eleven

January 1, 2011

I have a few New Year’s resolutions. I want to be better and do better… you know, easy stuff like that. Do you have resolutions? Be faster and stronger and cuter and smarter? Cut down on the sugar? Take Joy the Baker’s blog out of your feed? Now waaaaaait a minute… before we do anything [...]

Ask Joy the Baker

November 7, 2010

It seems like I’ve been exactly everywhere but my own kitchen this past week. My oven is lonely and my kitten is pissed. Let’s play a game. I need your company with all of this airport time I’ve got on my hands. Let’s play Ask Joy the Baker. You leave a comment asking me dang [...]

Heck Yes. Wear a Dress.

May 2, 2010

For a second I thought I might sit around my house this past weekend and wallow knee deep in self pity and other sorrows. Sounds like fun, right? A real riot. I thought better of it. I kicked myself right in the pants and put on the biggest party dress I could find. [...]

Kitchen in Transition

March 14, 2010

Friends, The truth is… I haven’t quite been able to get my act together since my move. I’ve been trying to distract you with posts about my box grater. I’ve been trying to distract you with candy giveaways…. but that’s all starting to feel a little silly. The fact of the matter [...]

Things I Totally Love.

September 14, 2009

Bread. Love. Bread. I’m on a tiny bit of a vacation these days. Tiny. Seriously. Also… I’m kinda still working, but that’s mostly because I can’t help myself. While I’m away… sort of away, I want to show what I love. Can I share a bit with you? Here’s one thing! I love [...]

Joy the Baker’s Cutting Room Floor

August 5, 2009

> I think it’s important that you all know something about what comes out of my kitchen: it ain’t all pretty folks. Not every creation that comes out of my kitchen is pretty, polished and ready for its blog debut. The reality is that I have my fair share of flops, dropped eggs, burned butter [...]

Food and Wine

June 12, 2009

Have you seen the newest Food & Wine magazine? It’s a good one, made even better if you have a Sharpie marker and a couple of giggly girlfriends around. It’s all about the best new chefs of 2009. It’s about dudes (plus one ladydude) that are young, hip and magic in the kitchen… like Vinny [...]

Up and At ‘Em with Joy the Baker

May 15, 2009

If you’ve hung around these parts long enough, you may have pieced together a few facts about me. You probably know that I have a strange and undying affection for pancakes. You probably know that my family loves biscuits, and I’ve been known to drop an entire cake all over the counter top instead of [...]

Joy the Baker Answers Part One

February 21, 2009

You mentioned once that you were an English major in college. What did you want to be when you grew up? Did you ever do it? How did you move from English major to Baker Extraordinaire? I was an English major in college. Ironically enough, reading makes me fall asleep. Crazy, right? Somehow I managed [...]

Ask Joy the Baker

February 14, 2009

Can we have a heart to heart? Good. Thanks. The reality is… I’m up to my ears in emails from many of you lovely people. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great! I totally love it… but honestly, I’m overwhelmed. Let’s make this fun. If you have a question… any question, leave it as a [...]

Baggu For You

February 4, 2009

I’ll be honest, I have reusable grocery bags just about coming out of my ears. The one big problem is that I leave the darn bags at home exactly every time I head out to the store. I feel like a nasty whale killer every time I walk out of the store with a [...]

Winter Fancy Food Show

January 22, 2009

Can I talk to you about the Fancy Food Show? Can I be completely honest? In some ways, the Fancy Food Show is a battle between people who want free stuff and vendors who aren’t all that eager to give away free stuff. It’s a bizzare and sometimes troubling experiencing. Take these macarons, [...]

Happy New Year!

December 31, 2008

Tonight, from San Francisco, I’m raising my glass to one heck of a memorable year. There have been highs and lows, lots of learning, some tears and plenty of beauty. Loads of goodies have come out of my oven. Photos have filled the memory of my computer, and silly stories have flowed [...]

Joy the Baker Reads

November 17, 2008

I know this book is one of my new favorites for two reason. I’ve had it for three days, I’m half way through reading it, and the cover is already bent beyond belief. I have a nasty habit of falling asleep with a book and then sleeping all over that book all night. For that [...]

The Good. The Bad. The Facts.

November 9, 2008

Fact: I love this blog of mine. Fact: I absolutely adore all of its readers. That’s you. Fact: I’m obviously not very good at posting every day as NaBloPoMo would have me do. Request: Bear with me. Hope: This blog has always been about quality and not quantity. Another Fact: I’m getting in [...]

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 [...]

The Hands That Feed

August 16, 2008

Your thoughts about coconut cookies and what makes your happy brought endless smiles to my face. Thank you to all of you who took the time to share. From rainy afternoons, to rum drinks and hot tubs, hearing what helps you find your happy has reminded me of all the little things that can [...]

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