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…
Other possible rainy day activities include: getting at a big ol’ piece of Chocolate Cream Pie, and not sharing (or sharing…. fiiiiine).
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.
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.
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
Adrianna from A Cozy Kitchen
SO obsessed with Top Cinnamon. And Catfish. But Top Cinnamon is amazing. And can we talk about how she’s only 15? Amazing.
Adrianna from A Cozy Kitchen
OK. I just read she’s actually 17. BUT STILL!
Christine
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!
Becca - Cookie Jar Treats
Oh this was a lovely post. You make me want to use the word lovely, and I hardly ever use that word. :) Happy Wednesday!
Cynthia-Ann
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.
Izy
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
joythebaker
you shine BRIGHT!!
Erin @ The Speckled Palate
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.
Chelsea
ooooh beignets! I can’t wait.
Chera
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!
Stefanie @ Sarcastic Cooking
Jealous, maj! Have fun in New Orleans!
Rocky Mountain Woman
Beignets! Have a few for me with a cup of chicory…
I REALLY need to plan a trip to New Orleans…really…..
joythebaker
get on it!!
Rachel
Welcome to New Orleans! Mardi Gras is the best time of year around here. I hope you packed lots of sparkly clothing.
joythebaker
it’s just so fun here!
Samantha
btw, that first shot is HEAVEN.
joythebaker
oh thank you!
Samantha
*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.
joythebaker
you are really lovely!
HopefulLeigh
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!
Erica
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: http://cannella-vita.blogspot.com/2012/08/serendipity.html
joythebaker
you’re rad Erica! i loved reading about your meeting. you’re blog is awesome as well! right on right on!