Joy the Baker

Let It Be Sunday

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let it be sunday

Hello friends!  I hope this finds you properly reclined and sipping on something Sunday.  I’m been back in New Orleans for a week of waaaay too much Halloween fun.  I dressed up as Cleopatra.  Fierce with a side of crazy-eyes.  I’m sorry I’m not more forthcoming with photographic evidence.  I also bought a bag of Halloween candy and find that I’m mostly just eating it myself because… just let it happen.  I’m packing my bags to head to the west coast for a week.  I hope to see you in San Francisco and Seattle to show you how to make pie and write in your copies of Homemade Decadence.  It’ll be fun!

I hope your Sunday is relaxed and mellow.  I hope you over-indulge in Halloween candy even if you have to sneak it from your kid’s  stash.  Just hide the empty wrappers in the trash can… not like I’ve ever done that… who steals candy from children!?

Here is this week’s internet, condensed.  Carry on (and on and on).

•  My very favorite chef Jacques Pepin, on ketchup and other important things.

•  A woman walked around New York City for 10 hours and filmed every catcall she received.

•  A long read for a short weekend:  The Secret Life of an ISIS Warlord.

•  “How could gluten, present in a staple food that has sustained humanity for thousands of years, have suddenly become so threatening?”  What the what happened?  Against The Grain.

•  My Life On Olive Garden.  I’m getting each one of you a Pasta Pass for the holidays so GET EXCITED!

•  Similarly… My Week With A Flip Phone.  Committed but not insane… I mean, really.

•  We Are All Confident Idiots, I’m sure of it.

•  Theo Padnos on being kidnapped, tortured, and released in Syria.  This piece is 100%.  

•  Categorize under: truth is stranger/worse/more madness than fiction.  Mexico’s First Lady Of Murder Is On The Lam.

•  This is really interesting:  The Ten Greatest Changes In The Last 1,000 Years.

•  I’m headed to San Francisco and Seattle next week!  I’m giving away 4 tickets to the San Francisco pie demonstration and book signing.  Comment on this post, I’ll pick four of you tonight and see you at the signing tomorrow night!! Easy, right?

•  I need a kitchen blow torch because I want to make Creme Brûlée French Toast a reality for us.

• Tweet Game Strong.  The very best of the very worst of the very funniest tweets.

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  2. Jessica

    Thank you so much for sharing Against the Grain from The New Yorker! I really appreciated an article about this subject that actually goes in to some depth and doesn’t just cater to what definitely seems like the latest fad diet craze.

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  8. Leeanne Goodrich

    I’m dying to go to the SF demo and meet and greet! I pre-ordered your book and I’d love to have you sign it, but I’m a poor grad student :)

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  11. marcella

    Have a great trip! I am loving reading your book so far. Full of wickedness I tell you. Oh but skip the silly kitchen blow torch – they really suck: wimpy flame, sputter fuel on your food. Just go to the hardware store and buy a real one. Be all Martha Stewart and Thomas Keller. Works great, much less expensive and kind of badass :-)

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  13. Amulya Aradhyula

    Dude, I love that you post articles from all over the web, and especially long form articles, every week. Just thought I should let you know.
    In unrelated news, I would LOVE to come watch you make pie in SF. <3

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  17. Alicia Lindsey

    ooooh pick me pick me!I My boyfriend loves to bake and is going back to school for culinary. I wanted to take him to your event because I know he would love your recipes and we just moved right near SF. :)

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  20. Noreen

    Soooo enjoying your beautiful new book. I got a paper cut opening it so fast! I live in the Bay Area but unable to attend your SF signing tomorrow night. Kills me :( you truly are a Joy. Your name so suits you. Thanks for making my day so many days. Enjoy the City. I’m sure it will still be buzzing from our World Series Giants Champions!

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  21. Christina

    Not sure if you’ve already chosen the winners, but here I am..sipping on a whiskey apply cider concoction in Oakland. Would love to meet you when you’re in the bay this week. Either way, just wanted to say hi. This is my first comment, even though I’ve been reading your blog for about a year now. Hi Joy!!!!

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  22. Breck

    I really want to go to the SF pie making class (longtime favorite food blogger + PIE?!)! I’d gladly pay for tickets, but the website isn’t working on my computer :(

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  27. illana

    I love Jacques Pepin too! I’ve watched him on PBS since I was a tiny kid. He’s like the Daddy of cooking, isn’t he?! So I always felt like he knew what he was talking about and I should listen and watch carefully, and I think I learned a lot of basics from him, even then. I would love to see you in SF, Pick Me Pick Me!! But I will still love your recipes and writing if you don’t :-) Enjoy your trip! xoxo

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  28. Juliann

    I am a baker as a hobby and have been inspired by you on several baking occasions! I have been pushed outside of my comfort level of average and always look forward to reading about your own baking adventures. Your writing consistently makes me feel like I am reading a friends blog, thanks for being awesome!!

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  29. Pamela Benavidez

    I am spending my Sunday– and our extra hour of daylight here on the west coast— combing through your new cookbook. It is beautiful! I am prioritizing which recipes that I need to bake first! (thinking how cool it would be to have your autograph in it! —or on the great sprinkle cookie print!)

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  30. Catherine

    Oh man, like Deb’s creme brûlée french toast? It’s all sorts of crackly, crunchy, creamy ridiculousness, and I highly recommend procuring said blow torch if only just for said french toast. (It does come in handy for other things… but that’s another conversation).

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  35. christina

    Love your blog and the podcast, and would love to see you at the San Francisco event! Hopefully Tracy will be there too!!!!

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  37. EnviousLashes

    I’m flying into Seattle the day after the book signing up there :( I was really hoping I’d get up there in time, but at least I can still be inspired from home with my copy of your book

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    • christina

      Oops, may have commented twice because I wasn’t sure my previous comment went through :(

      Wish you were doing more events in SF!!

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  41. Meg

    Hi Joy, I would love to come to the SF event tomorrow evening. I’ve been a longtime follower of yours and would love to see you decorate a pie!

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  42. Brielle

    Joy! You should come do a book signing in the midwest (more specifically Kansas City, Missouri)! I mean, we almost won the world series. So we’re basically a big deal now. Also we have amazing BBQ AND the friendliest people.

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  43. Talia

    Joy, I am so very excited that you are coming to San Francisco! I’ve read your blog for years, and have this bonkers idea that we are already best friends! I can’t wait to get my floured hands on a copy of Homemade Decadence ;) Have a wonderful trip!

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  44. annledwards

    Jacques Pepin has always been amazing to me. Thanks for that. Also the gluten article. I’m a scientist so I loved the science. People don’t ever really look at the original studies. Great compilation today.

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  46. Cy

    Joy, I’ve been following you for a couple years now. Huge fan! I’m an avid cook and baker. I live a few blocks from the JCC and would love to go to your book signing!

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  48. Tiffany

    We went out and stayed with friends in Belmont last weekend, and attended the Bridge School Benefit Concert. My good friend City taught us how to make your wonderful scones. I am back home in Utah now, but it would be amazing if I could send him and his beautiful wife to your demonstration. :)

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  52. Kristin P

    Happy Sunday!! Planning to go in SF tomorrow and would love to bring some friends!!! Glad to have you back on the best coast for a few days!!

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  57. Laurel Muff

    I can’t make it to the event because of my two littles at home but I would love to win tickets for my sister-in-law who LOVES your blog and first book! (She introduced me to your blog.) She lives in the city and is planning on coming to your book signing. :)

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  62. Dawn

    Not sure if my last comment went through but I’m a new follower to your blog and I would love to get one of those four tickets to your SF event!

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  64. Jenna

    How do you find such great articles to share? My favorite was the flip phone one. As a 25 year old still using a dumb phone while working at a startup in SF, I’m a rare breed. :)

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  65. Frank VanVolkinburg

    After working 90+ hours Monday through Saturday in my bakery, I always look for “Let it Be Sunday” in my inbox. (Love those four words.) Really enjoy the weekly snapshot, and this week the gluten article was a great read. Lots of topics were brought up in the article that could spark a lot of discussion. Enjoy your website immensely, always find great things being done.

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  66. Amber Owens Mendoza (@rebmaeneri)

    I’ll bring the blow torch! I need some of that French toast in my life.

    I read an article on Bustle expanding on the catcall video that isolated 6 things most people (mostly men) do not consider or give thought to as forms of harassment. The one that got me the most was that women are not required to interact with or respond to a man (especially a stranger) on the street. This includes that seemingly nice “compliment” that often makes women feel objectified. It hit home because so often I’ve seen (and experienced) a man commenting on a woman’s appearance or even saying hello who, when the woman didn’t respond, retaliated because they saw her as rude or inconsiderate. The idea that women are obligated to respond is the biggest issue for me.

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  68. Sue

    Wow, the article on Theo Padnos. And the gluten piece from the New Yorker was very illuminating as well. You clearly have a great “reader.” Now, I am LOVING your book and wonder when you will be back in LA. A trip to the just opened Gjusta Bakery is a MUST. You would love it. Thanks as always for your great Sunday post Joy!!!!

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  69. Barbara

    I really love every article that you post in these round ups. I also, have never switched to a smart phone (yes, i am 27 years old and work in science publishing…i have a normal life), and it was so funny to read that article! I also wanted to thank you for the article on gluten. That was the best article I read earlier this week, and I am so grateful that you posted it to get the word out.

    I missed seeing you in Philly this weekend but I will be catching your next tour for sure :)

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  70. Kate

    First of all, I opened my latest issue of BHG and there you were! Congrats, Joy – you are all over the place…as you should be.
    Second, thanks for the link to the New Yorker article. I am (still very sadly and partially in denial) gluten-free and there is so much info and opinion flying around, it’s nice to read something that is so in depth and thoughtful.
    And lastly, I was a tube of Aim toothpaste circa 1985 — one of my best costumes ever!

    Happy November!

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  71. Amy U

    I love that your Let it Be Sunday posts are thought provoking and thoughtful at the same time. Does that even make sense? Thanks for being awesome!

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  72. Paulette

    Loved the article on gluten, have been tested and they did find wheat as the culprit. Have been off it for two years and only cheated a couple of times and when I do hives and the throat closes a little. Have found that it could be gluten mixed in the body with another foodie. Great Let it be Sunday. Have a wonderful and fun traveling. Paulette

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  74. Lee

    I am very excited that my copy of homemade decadance is due to arrive on Monday next week from Amazon (in time for christmas baking :-)). I pre-ordered (totally bribed by the beatiful prints) and was just wondering if the print will arrive with the book or seperately? Thanks!

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  75. Rachel

    This was a pretty fantastic Let It Be Sunday, Joy! Especially the gluten piece; most people are crazy!

    Enjoy the West Coast; please tell me you’re going back to L.A. too? If I can’t at the moment, at least you can!!

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