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Let It Be Sunday, 190!

September 30, 2018 by Joy the Baker 31 Comments

Hello my friends.  We’ve made it to Sunday.  That in itself this week feels… like a bit of deliverance.  Just a bit.  

I hope this finds you with a moment to unwind yourself.  I’ve felt pretty wound and bound this week.  The Senate hearings, the content, the tone, the spectacle, the opinions, it’s been PLENTY on top of life’s normal work and pay the bills hustle.  Can we take a moment to acknowledge that whether we want or have the ability to, we’ve carried a lot this week.  All of us.  

In other news, your girl (that’s me) is (yes) still in Yoga Teacher Training / still can’t do a handstand / now knows that’s not the point of anything / AND is taking her final exam today.  So… just putting that out there to lightly and prematurely pat myself on the back because your girl (that’s still me) is ready to be done and have her weekends for champagne consumption, word?

Unrelated, among the things I made this week: Brown Butter Banana Bread.

Here is the offering this week.  As always, take whatcha need and if you’re mad, be mad. I’m mad sometimes too:  

•  This week we’ve explored who gets to be angry in public.  Let’s also explore how we can change that and why why why we must. Fury Is A Political Weapon and Women Need To Wield It.  (The New York Times)

•  What we’re watching this weekend: Minding The Gap. (Hulu)

•  A million reasons to love, laugh with, admire, and want to be friends with: Maya Rudolph.  (The New York Times)

•  We’ve really got to stop.  Consider:  the existential void of the Instagrammable ‘museum’. (The New York Times)

•  This week’s long-read is the incredible story and eternal life of the instant noodle. (BBC)

•  You literally do not have to tell me twice: You Should Be Eating Pie For Breakfast. (Eater)

•  Can I tell you about a low-voltage cocktail that I really love?  Cynar and Lemon Soda.  (Supercell)

•  The offering this weekend is to make Harissa Caramel Corn.  Ya feel me? (Joy the Baker) 

•  APPLES, amen.  We’ll be making this soon:  Apple Cinnamon Twist Bread from King Arthur Flour. 

•  I am incredibly excited for this pie book.  LOTS of pies this Fall and Winter. Are you with me?  Sister Pie by Lisa Ludwinski. (Amazon)

•  We’ve got some great events coming up at The Bakehouse!  Food photography, dinners with cookbook authors, pie baking, yoga and doughnuts.  A little something for everyone who wants to gather.  Check out the list of events and availability here!  (The Bakehouse and Eventbrite)

•  A little tonic that is never not in my purse:  Urban Moonshine.  I use it after a meal, anytime I need to ease a questionable belly moment, or if I need to stress eat something and I’ve already eaten all my Altoid mints (too real?). (Amazon)

•  I very much love these rings from Marta Pia. 

Be well today.

My love to you.

xo Joy

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  1. Tlc

    October 14, 2018 at 1:35 pm

    I’m obsessed with your brown butter banana bread. I’ve made it a dozen times and it’s always amazing.

    The new website format is beautiful. I was looking through your recipe categories and noticed that you now have to scroll through each recipe in its entirety to sort through the categories. Is there an easier way to look through the categories without having to scroll through the full recipes? Maybe I missed something. Thanks!

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  2. Samantha

    October 10, 2018 at 6:56 am

    Good reads like everytime!

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  3. Aquaguard RO

    October 9, 2018 at 5:48 am

    I really enjoy your weekly collection.You are an inspiration for all of us. thank you for sharing this post

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  4. MIchelle

    October 1, 2018 at 8:04 pm

    My assault came back to me listening to her. The 2 front doors made a lot of sense to me. When I would be in a room with a male much older than me I would be looking for an escape route even though probably nothing would happen. I always felt the need for an escape. I was 8 when it happened to me. Something you don’t forget. I don’t remember the day the time I remember the face and what he did. I wanted to slap everyone of those old white men on that committee!

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  5. Mei

    October 1, 2018 at 5:06 pm

    Did you see the Kitchenette series of pendants from Marta Pia (https://martapia.com/search?q=kitchenette)?

    Reply
  6. Pat Loughlin

    October 1, 2018 at 12:39 pm

    Go Yoga Teacher Go!!! But wait….Sundays for drinking champagne????? I finished my YTT last December and now I’m teaching 7 classes a week….and two of them are on Sundays!! I must have missed something!!! Look forward to the blog every week!!! Thank you for all!!!!

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  7. Carissa Nelson | Spoonful of Easy

    September 30, 2018 at 8:03 pm

    Thank you, Joy. Absolute best of luck with your final exam — you’ll so rock it! “Spectacle” is the absolute correct word for it, and I think that’s true that we’ve all been through a lot. Good news on eating pie for breakfast, because I did that sometimes anyway :) And a great book to reference to make said pies. Hope it was a fab Sunday!

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  8. Krista

    September 30, 2018 at 5:15 pm

    Thanks for the Urban Moonshine recommendation. I just purchased it!

    Reply
  9. Ramona

    September 30, 2018 at 3:30 pm

    Thank you for another great Sunday post! Good luck on your test tomorrow!

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