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Let It Be Sunday, 187!

-10 Questions To Ask Your Partner At The Dinner Table

September 2, 2018 by Joy the Baker 14 Comments

Hello sweet friends and happy Sunday!

I hope your weekend feels long on quality time.

This weekend I’m hosting in New Orleans – it’s the first ever BakeAway – a baking, food styling, new-friend-making workshop I’m hosting at The Bakehouse.  It has been incredible so far!  We’re doing yoga, we’re drinking champagne, we’re experimenting with new beignet recipes, I’m wearing bold prints, we’re exploring New Orleans… it’s absolutely too much fun and I’m already so thankful for the sweet friendships I  see forming around me.  And we have another full BakeAway day ahead of us!

Anyway… that’s what’s keeping me very busy.  And Monday I’m looking forward to a nap, or at least a good long sit.

Here’s the offering this week.  I hope you find something you didn’t know you needed:

•  I’m currently listening to President Obama’s eulogy for the late John McCain.  It’s as thoughtful and binding as we’d hope.  (NBC News)

•  Let this bend your brain a bit. Why You Feel Richer Or Poorer Than You Really Are.  Money is emotional and part of this conversation is a perspective shift.  (The Cut)

•  Are you watching the new season of Insecure (one of the best shows on television about modern life and female friendship)?  Here’s a think-piece on an aspect of Insecure and much more: What Does It Mean to ‘Sound’ Black? (The Atlantic)

•  How To Jog: a guide for women.  I mean… yea, we have a problem.  (McSweeney’s)

•  Let’s take a journey Inside The Delightfully Quirky, Absolutely Fabulous, Utterly Exhausting World Of Cruise Performers. (Esquire)

•  Take this to a weeknight dinner.  Be curious!  10 Questions To Ask Your Partner At The Dinner Table. (The Kitchn)

•  A very simple rule: Don’t think too much about life after dinnertime.  Solid advice. (Austin Kleon via Ann Friedman)

•  I can feel it in the air, we have some temperate weather headed our way soon(-ish).  Come visit!  An Eater’s Guide To New Orleans. (Eater)

•  Let’s pause for a moment and drink in the fact that Gillian Anderson (yes, Dana Scully from X Files) is currently unbelievably fierce and has a fashion line with Winsor London. (Harper’s Bazaar)

•  Before it’s too late: Watermelon Salad with Feta and Mint. (Food & Wine)

•  Confirmed:  the most comfortable sweatshirt from JoyLab – and I love the brand name obviously. (Target)

•  I’m very excited about the new dessert book from our friends at Food52: Genius Desserts. (Amazon)

You’re dear. Have a lovely day!

Love to you.

xo Joy

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  1. Molly

    September 6, 2018 at 2:40 pm

    This is why I eat dinner so late! I simply cannot with anything after dinnertime. But if I’m going to work, hang out with my kid, maybe see a friend, work out, tidy, etc., I have to do it all before dinner or it won’t get done. So I eat at 9 p.m. I don’t know how I will adjust to having earlier, family dinnertime once the kid is no longer a baby who eats three bites of food and flings the rest.

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  2. Sean Mahan

    September 6, 2018 at 11:39 am

    That dessert book got my attention. I’m curious to see what’s in there!

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  3. Nichole Persing

    September 5, 2018 at 4:06 pm

    I didnt know I want to look exactly like Gillian Anderson but now I do

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  4. Peppermint Dolly

    September 3, 2018 at 1:58 am

    Ooooooh! I’m excited about the new dessert book too!!

    Rebecca | http://www.peppermintdolly.com

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  5. Nicole

    September 2, 2018 at 2:07 pm

    Hi, thank you very much for the eater’s guide since I am coming visit at the end of September. Also love the article about the 10 questions to ask during diner. I was hoping that you will do a workshop during my visit, but I don’t see any in your calendar. If you add an activity during september 25 to 29, I will try to attend. Nicole

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  6. Karen

    September 2, 2018 at 12:59 pm

    Karen Oliver
    1324 Maple Av

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  7. PW

    September 2, 2018 at 10:56 am

    Is the Bakehouse in your own kitchen or at a separate facility. I noticed you have a cat, would like to come take one of your classes but have cat allergies. Thanks.

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  8. Christy

    September 2, 2018 at 10:01 am

    I once took a weekend cruise out of Tamps, Fl….the ‘lounge entertainer’ was none other than Tim Jones…Tom’s cousin! When he began to sing ‘Delilah’…I had to quickly leave the lounge because I was laughing so hard! The Captain saw me leaving and followed me out with a bottle of champagne & two glasses! He was accompanied by several Welshmen who were on the ship as repair engineers. They were from the same small town in Wales as Tom & Tim…and described how both of them were ‘Real Wankers’!!
    I’ve never laughed so hard in my life!!
    I dated one of those Welshmen for 6 months, while they were stationed in Tampa…Ahhh, Memories!!

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  9. Sasha

    September 2, 2018 at 9:26 am

    Jogging: get a dog and move to Montana. Grizzly bears, but they rarely kill their victims.

    Don’t think too much about life after dinnertime. I read that as don’t think too much about that time period after dinnertime, to which I heartily agree. If I want to Netflix on the couch for two hours, I really don’t need to contemplate the meaning of that.

    That cute sweatshirt? Yes! But why is it split up the sides?? While jogging in Montana that would be damned drafty.

    As always Joy, enlightening reading. Hope your workshop is a big hit (hard to imagine otherwise). Happiness to you.

    Reply
  10. Blu

    September 2, 2018 at 8:57 am

    You’re doing all of my favorite things in my favorite city. I hope you’re having the time of your life! I’ll be at a park dancing to house music and drinking punch! I really love the 10 questions idea, specially “Who has been kindest to you” because I hope the answer will always start with them! *cheers*

    Blu
    http://www.liveloveblu.com | wellness & healthy living

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  11. Michelle H

    September 2, 2018 at 6:51 am

    I am so grateful to you for these posts! I’m are they’re time-consuming, but you find such delightful and thought-provoking pieces and I relish seeing what you’ve uncovered each and every Sunday.

    Reply
  12. Patti

    September 2, 2018 at 6:11 am

    Your workshop sounds great! Hope you are having a good time. Thanks for compiling this list….always a nice way to start off my Sunday.

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  13. Taste of France

    September 2, 2018 at 3:46 am

    The jogging article is painfully funny.

    Reply
  14. Rena

    September 2, 2018 at 3:35 am

    Sounds really like a fantastic workshop!
    With love, Rena
    http://www.dressedwithsoul.com

    Reply

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