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Rainy Day Reads and other things

February 6, 2013 by Joy the Baker 85 Comments

rainy day reads

We’ve had some rainy days lately, and really… I’m always looking for an excuse to spend some quality time on the Internet.  I love that you come here looking for cookies, but please allow me to share a bit of my Internet browsings with you.

I’m a sucker for a pretty Tumblr.  That’s Real Cute, HoneyPie is everything I need. Long distance BFFs with awesome taste and good hair.

Miss Moss brings us pretty things from South Africa.  Taleggio and Mushroom Pie looks so good it makes me mad (good mad).

I love these What’s For Sipper features on the blog Brunellos Have More Fun.

Sometimes a cake is more than a cake.  Sometimes a cake is a angel that speaks to your heart.  I don’t think I can live without Tina’s Crackle Cake from The Kitchy Kitchen for one more minute.

Did you know that the internet says that you can get away with giving someone a rock for Valentine’s Day.  Clearly we’re coming to the end of the Internet.  A rock, people.  A rock.  It’s OVER.

There are exactly 1.76 million super awesome food blogs in the world.  What are you doing here!?  Have you read Top With Cinnamon?  It’s a super pretty blog and they life-hacked the heck out of these Thin Mint Cookies (no-bake aaaannndd vegan?  yea… tricky).  Read the ingredient list and you’ll either roll your eyes or play the Rocky theme song and fist pump.  You could go either way.

I’m not, what some might call: a voracious reader.  I am a voracious eater of popcorn.  I am a voracious watcher of poor-choices-television.  I am a voracious waster of time.  Calling myself a voracious reader makes me sound waaay more intellectual than I actually am, and really… I’m not fooling anyone.  Aaaaannnyway.  This month I’m reading An Altar in the World.  I didn’t know I didn’t know about this book.  It’s all about finding the beautiful and sacred in the small things.  It’s been a good book for my sometimes impatient, overreacting, judge-y heart.  (real!)

There’s more…

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Other possible rainy day activities include:  getting at a big ol’ piece of Chocolate Cream Pie, and not sharing (or sharing…. fiiiiine).

rainy day

Let’s take a moment to talk about something really (un)important:  the new hit MTV show Catfish.

You don’t have to pretend like you’re not 100% obsessed with this show.  It’s all about people meeting their online loves in real life.  It’s an apocalyptic love story  hosted by a handsome/petit-shouldered dude named Nev.  What more could you want?

Whitney and I ran into Nev at a Los Angeles restaurant last week, and we took a self-pic to prove it.  Please not:  this picture actually only proves that we’re shameless dorks.

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Rainy days are good for recipe testing… especially when the end result is a crap-ton of Pepperoni Pizza Pretzels.  I’m working on this particular recipe for the new cookbook.  No biggie/total biggie.

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I’ve also been playing around with a new camera.  It’s a Canon eos M.  I’ll tell you more about it when I know more.  We’re getting along just swimmingly so far.

I’m in New Orleans for the next few weeks.  Stay tuned for Mardi Gras madness and beignets… oooh beignets.

xo joy

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  1. Adrianna from A Cozy Kitchen

    February 6, 2013 at 7:55 pm

    SO obsessed with Top Cinnamon. And Catfish. But Top Cinnamon is amazing. And can we talk about how she’s only 15? Amazing.

    Reply
    • Adrianna from A Cozy Kitchen

      February 6, 2013 at 7:57 pm

      OK. I just read she’s actually 17. BUT STILL!

      Reply
  2. Christine

    February 6, 2013 at 7:40 pm

    Barbara Taylor is my mom’s favorite and she has recently been reading An Altar in the World and recommending it highly, I can’t wait to check it out!

    Reply
  3. Becca - Cookie Jar Treats

    February 6, 2013 at 7:20 pm

    Oh this was a lovely post. You make me want to use the word lovely, and I hardly ever use that word. :) Happy Wednesday!

    Reply
  4. Cynthia-Ann

    February 6, 2013 at 6:08 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing those blogs. I can never stop clicking on different pictures and discovering even more pages full of pretty and inspiring pictures.

    Reply
  5. Izy

    February 6, 2013 at 5:06 pm

    Still completely stunned by this – I’ve admired your blog so much, for so long – thanks again Joy!
    You made sitting through my chemistry, maths and biology lessons today 100% easier ( /kinda harder because I kept wanting to double check my phone to make sure that I wasn’t just dreaming about this, throughout the whole day.).
    It was the best (almost) 17th birthday present I could ever get :) x

    Reply
    • joythebaker

      February 6, 2013 at 5:13 pm

      you shine BRIGHT!!

      Reply
  6. Erin @ The Speckled Palate

    February 6, 2013 at 4:34 pm

    Have SO MUCH FUN at Mardi Gras, girl! It’s my favorite time of year, and I’m kind of heartbroken that we won’t make it to NOLA this year. (Granted, we live a LOT farther away than we did last year… but still!)

    Please eat a ton of king cake on my behalf. Preferably the cream cheese-filled kind. Because that’s the best.

    Reply
  7. Chelsea

    February 6, 2013 at 4:32 pm

    ooooh beignets! I can’t wait.

    Reply
  8. Chera

    February 6, 2013 at 4:25 pm

    Is it horrible that I recognize your binder and binder tabs to be from Martha Stewart? I just sit and stare at them in stationary aisles debating what I could use them for!

    Reply
  9. Stefanie @ Sarcastic Cooking

    February 6, 2013 at 3:42 pm

    Jealous, maj! Have fun in New Orleans!

    Reply
  10. Rocky Mountain Woman

    February 6, 2013 at 2:59 pm

    Beignets! Have a few for me with a cup of chicory…

    I REALLY need to plan a trip to New Orleans…really…..

    Reply
    • joythebaker

      February 6, 2013 at 3:45 pm

      get on it!!

      Reply
  11. Rachel

    February 6, 2013 at 2:11 pm

    Welcome to New Orleans! Mardi Gras is the best time of year around here. I hope you packed lots of sparkly clothing.

    Reply
    • joythebaker

      February 6, 2013 at 3:45 pm

      it’s just so fun here!

      Reply
  12. Samantha

    February 6, 2013 at 1:52 pm

    btw, that first shot is HEAVEN.

    Reply
    • joythebaker

      February 6, 2013 at 3:46 pm

      oh thank you!

      Reply
  13. Samantha

    February 6, 2013 at 1:32 pm

    *happy sigh*

    crap-ton. I love that.

    Almost as much as I love your cat. I also have a giant stripy rascal-cat. Heaven-hell-furry-purring-power-napper cat.

    And your writing. Please never be shy about writing more, even if there is no food associated with it. It’s all part of that special Joy the Baker thing.

    Reply
    • joythebaker

      February 6, 2013 at 3:46 pm

      you are really lovely!

      Reply
  14. HopefulLeigh

    February 6, 2013 at 11:55 am

    I love Barbara Brown Taylor! I read An Altar in the World and Leaving Church last year and they both had a profound effect on me. Happy reading!

    Reply
  15. Erica

    February 6, 2013 at 11:45 am

    I am so glad that you mentioned Top With Cinnamon! I am also a teenage blogger, and me and Izy are really great friends (even though I live here in the states). I even got to visit her in San Francisco! Read about our serendipitous meeting here: https://cannella-vita.blogspot.com/2012/08/serendipity.html

    Reply
    • joythebaker

      February 6, 2013 at 3:47 pm

      you’re rad Erica! i loved reading about your meeting. you’re blog is awesome as well! right on right on!

      Reply
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