Happy Sunday my friends! I hope your week has been full, productive, filled with coffee and salad and the occasional treat. I’m working hard on a cookbook about BRUNCH while preparing to jump up and down for my second cookbook release Homemade Decadence. I feel very blessed to live these days.
There is lots of riffraff on the Internet these days. Here are some a few of my favorites from this week:
• Let’s talk about technology. The Brave New Phone Call.
• Are you ready for a new social network!? Don’t worry, I hear you screaming NOOOOOOO just below my own similar screams. Despite our cries… Ello. Is it the invite only anti-Facebook social network or is it just another pain in the rear? According to The Atlantic Ello Says You’re Not A Product But You Are. SIGH.
• “Defying expectations is one thing; winning a war in which victory has not yet been adequately defined is another.” The Reluctant Loner President Builds a Coalition and Goes After Terrorists Across Syria because really bad things are still happening in Syria and Iraq.
• Co-creator of The Simpsons Sam Simon is in a philanthropic race against terminal cancer: Always Leave Them Laughing.
• Why Men Never Remember Anything. It’s not because they aren’t listening… it’s because as youths, boys are spoken to differently than girls.
• I’m reading Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward. It is heartbreaking and beautiful.
• I often skip wearing an apron in the kitchen because I don’t want a shapeless / boxy piece of fabric to ruin my dinner party outfit. Thankfully the new line of Salt House Aprons keeps my fashion and kitchen vanity in mind with their lovely aprons. My favorite is the Maxi. I wear it high-waisted and it’s super chic.
• Never buy that little jar of pre-made Pumpkin Pie Spice again: Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice
• There are new episodes of my web series Bonkers Awesome ready for you on ulive! I made the best caramel apples with the ladies of Liddabit Sweets and it was the best day!
• New Joy the Baker Podcast for you: The GIF That Keeps On Giving.
• Arugula Persimmon and Pomegranate looks divine.
• Maple Pumpkin Latte Syrup. I believe this will be quite delicious!
Let’s enjoy this day! I love you, bye-bye!
Sydney
I finished The Men We Reaped earlier this year. It was a tough, beautiful read.
Sarah | Broma Bakery
That apron is uhmazing. Want want want
genevieve y
I love your Sunday posts! Hope you had a great weekend and hoping you have a wonderful week ahead of you :)
Cecile
Wow – lots of great stuff here today (as always!!) I read an article about Sam Simon in ‘Vanity Fair’ – what an amazing guy. Wouldn’t he be fun to be friends with? I admire how courageous he is and how he’s making each and every meaningful by trying to make big differences in the world. I hope he’s able to ‘stay around’ for a while……
Angela
I love these posts! Thanks for sharing the important serious things and the not-so-serious as well. Also I made that pumpkin maple latte and it really is as good as it sounds.
P.S. do you have a book tour schedule set up yet?
dessertfortwo
Well, you are just the CUTEST. Lovely roundup, thanks :)
Alessandra // the foodie teen
what a thoughtful collection of links – i love sitting down with a cup of tea and digesting your posts on lazy sunday mornings! the bonkers awesome episodes are amazing, and i love those aprons! so excited for your new book as well!
Jen
Omg brunch!!!
Ella
BRUNCH! That sounds pretty exciting, lady. I saw that pumpkin latte syrup the other day and got oh-so excited. Happening, very, very soon, that’s for sure. Hope your Sunday is great!
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dinodino
I love these roundups so much. If you’re enjoying Men We Reaped, consider Kiese Laymon’s Long Division, which is about a similar part of the south, Katrina is at the periphery of the story, and it’s probably my favorite book I’ve read in years. As a sidenote, I loved your blog when you were in LA, but I ADORE that you’re in Nola now. I grew up just north of there, and your perspective on the south is wonderful.
joythebaker
thanks so much for the suggestion! i’ll definitely check it out! the south is a very special place.
Paulette
Love the look, hot sunglasses and cute scarf. Good luck with the books and hey is that a tattoo on your shoulder? Mine is a raven and another one of a sunflower on my leg. That was one of the first things to do on my bucket list. Have a wonderful Sunday. Paulette
joythebaker
thanks for always leaving a thoughtful comment paulette! have a lovely day.
Hata Trbonja
Joy, I NEVER wear an apron in the kitchen. But, the ones you showed us are so pretty. I might just be changing my mind.
A brunch book? Yeah!
Big hugs,
Hata
Katrin
Can’t wait for that brunch cookbook!! :)
Rachel
okay, so i was excited to get your new book, before you mentioned BRUNCH. how could you do this to me? i know what the process of creating cookbooks is. you had to go and tempt me when i know it won’t be in my hands for at least another 2 years..!
Warm Vanilla Sugar
Oh joy, I love those sunnies!! Also, so exciting for you to have two books in the works – couldn’t be more happy for you :)