Hello my friends!
This week in the life of Joy the Baker:
I learned that homemade eggnog is essentially chilled ice cream base with rum and nutmeg and if someone would have told me that unchurned ice cream was acceptable to drink a long time ago, I’d be in a heap of trouble.
Homemade eggnog recipe coming up soon.
I traveled up to New York again to teach a quick cooking class which has me brainstorming all the way I want to real-life gather with you in 2017. I’m thinking classes and workshops and really so much brunch.
I’ll be in Washington DC for a few moments early next week and if you know of a place I should have dinner in the city I would love to hear it.
It’s Sunday and I hope you are well and comfortable. Here’s some life this week:
• This Oakland tragedy is on my heart most prominently.
• These are the strong words of the week. “Now is the time to counter lies with facts, repeatedly and unflaggingly, while also proclaiming the greater truths: of our equal humanity, of decency, of compassion. Every precious ideal must be reiterated, every obvious argument made, because an ugly idea left unchallenged begins to turn the color of normal.” Now is the time to talk about what we’re actually talking about.
• We are constantly pivoting in the world we’ve created for ourselves. The Attorney Fighting Revenge Porn
• In some ways we’ve tossed the concept of ‘home’ up in the air like confetti and it’s liberating and exciting, but as the pieces fall to the floor, we want to reorganize them in a way that feels familiar to us. I think we can do it. Nobody is Home. ”
• It’s important: Mashable shows up what it feels like to live below the poverty line in San Francisco.
• In my daydreams I wander around crisp Autumn Notting Hill, honestly one of my real-life highlights of my 2016. Here’s my friend Jessica’s Notting Hill Neighborhood Guide.
• David Blaine totally freaks out Drake with small frogs. That’s a totally normal sentence to type. Follow up: this might be even more crazy.
• Currently reading: The Liars Club by Mary Karr
• The New York Times list of The 10 Best Books of 2016, which, if you scroll through… is really a list of the way we are in the world right now.
• I’m fussing around with making my own Embroidery Necklaces as gifts for Christmas.
• You had me at Sugar Buns.
• The dark (though delicious) history of gingerbread men. And here’s a vegan version of gingerbread men for holiday inspiration.
• Man Who Baked Banana Bread Spends Entire Party Anxiously Watching It Go Uneaten. We’ve all been there, buddy.
• Why are we the worst? (Actual question)
• This week I donated to the Skid Row Housing Trust in Los Angeles. Think about it.
We’re in this together.
xo Joy
Andree Scanlon
thank you as always. Love reading your Let It Be Sunday posts! I look forward to them. Thanks for posting The New Yorker article. Very powerful.
Rachel
I love Convivial in DC!
Ellen
Strong words of the week- so true! Always enjoy “Let It Be Sunday”, a perfect blend of inspiration and wisdom. Thank-you for your marvelous blog. Another Ellen
Ellen
Thank you for posting the New Yorker article. Every word is essential.
MrsB
Hope you read the other two Karr’s, Cherry and Lit. What a life!
Julia Coney
I agree with all the DC recommendations, especially Tail Up Goat. You may not want to wait in line for Rose’s Luxury or Bad Saint since it’s so cold, but they are good. Downtown: ramen, I suggest Daikaya, Cuba Libra, Smoked and Stacked have really good pastrami sandwiches for breakfast and lunch. Petworth//Shaw: Convivial, Kinship, and La Jambe (French wine bar). If you really want to splurge, Masseria at Union Market.
Mandi
My short list of DC fav: donburi. Yep that’s it. Please please please try it and recreate it. We would all be the better for it. And if you have time for brunch tabard inn.
Oh and have you ever tried boiled custard? Yum.
M
Books not cooks but I was curious foe the best cooks!
Angela
I second Ethiopian (DC has the largest Ethiopian population outside of Addis Ababa). For a restaurant pick I’m partial to Keren at 1780 Florida Ave NW.
Aku
I came down just to say Keren! Unpretentious and delicious and family-run. Rose’s Luxury is the opposite end of the spectrum but also makes my heart sing.
R
In DC, consider Tail Up Goat, Red Hen and All Purpose. Also check the Washington Post Fall Dining Guide. Bad Saint is one of the hottest restaurants in town and has amazing Filipino food, but one must wait in line, given they do not take reservations.
Barbara Copeland
I didn’t know that either about the eggnog, but I don’t drink so rum I couldn’t do, but I love eggnog, my son who is 39 has always loved it
Abby
I was also going to say Bad Saint but you beat me to it!
Jennie Hantzmon
I know the place! The only tricky part is that they do not take reservations. So, we arrived at 4:45 and stood in line. I think you would love the atmosphere and you can’t help but love the food. The service is friendly, etc. Look up the reviews! http://www.rosesluxury.com
Ramona
Uh, it’s actually The 10 Best Books…..not Cooks, though that greatly interested me.
francetaste
D.C. has some great ethnic restos, especially for cuisines that can be hard to find, like Ethiopian. The one I went to probably isn’t around anymore, but you can surely find one. My favorite dish is gored gored (it’s raw beef, but I live in France and love steak tartare).
Can’t wait for your eggnog recipe; it isn’t commercially available here.
Rena
Oh No! It is worse what happed in that Nike Shop.
xx from Bavaria/Germany, Rena
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