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Let It Be Sunday, 393!

-Maybe Broccoli Doesn't Like You Either

November 12, 2022 by Joy the Baker 19 Comments

Friends! Hi, hello! Welcome to your Sunday.

I realized this week, after chatting about Love Languages with Will that my love language is SANDWICHES. Sandwiches, and if I get to pick two sides they’d be and words of affirmation and physical touch.  Shopping for and subsequently crafting an epic sandwich is a devotion I take very seriously.

Rosemary sourdough, basil pesto, grilled chicken breast, sharp Irish cheddar, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, salt, pepper and mayonnaise. The sandwich must be sliced in half, speared with a sandwich toothpick, served with chips, and presented with a casual air.  Completely casual.  Carry on.  A compliment will come.

And here’s the thing about loving behavior. We have the mandate of giving it to our very selves, too.  All that to say, you know I made myself a monster sandwich with just as much care as I put into Will’s.  Pesto is such an underrated sandwich condiment!

The offering this week is below. I hope there’s something you need here.

•  Do you have dreams about being in school?  I have a recurring nightmare that I’m in college and I’ve completely forgotten I’ve registered for a class and neglected to go to it all semester to find myself on final’s day with not a single clue what to do.  The nightmare of being unprepared is such a drama for me. Why adults still dream about school.  (The Atlantic)

•  What Are Your Three Core Values?  Family, curiosity, joy (duh), creativity, warmth. That’s five.  Having more core values can’t hurt, right? (Cup of Jo)

•  I have a picture on my bathroom wall of my best friend Whitney and I with pipe cleaner crowns on our heads at the going away party she threw for me as I moved from Los Angeles to New Orleans. We both had big genuine smiles on our faces and big tears welling in our eyes.  This piece is that feeling: Home is where your best friend is.  (Harper’s Bazaar)

•  This week’s episode of “You’re Wrong About….” you really just can’t even believe it:  Survival in the Andes with Blair Braverman (Apple Podcasts)

•  The Magical Thinking of Joan Didion’s Estate Sale or Maybe Broccoli Doesn’t Like You Either (The Atlantic)

•  Four pies have come out of my oven this week which means IT’S ON (literally the oven is powered on and spiritually it’s go time).  If you’re gearing up and want to know the nuances of your oven before you put a pie inside, here’s how to test your oven and make toast at the same time. (Joy the Baker)

•  I don’t yet know where I’m eating Thanksgiving dinner but I know that both Browned Butter Cornbread with Salted Cranberry Butter and Roasted Brown Butter Sweet Potatoes will be on the menu.  (Instagram)

•  Bought myself this wyld life shirt as a treat.  (Atwyld)

•  Apparently You Can Own a Private Rail Car and Hook it up to an Amtrak train.  What now? Who is living this life? Come to the front of the class. (Apartment Therapy)

•  A case for leaving your phone on focus mode.  (The Verge)

Have a wonderful Sunday, friends! I’m thankful we’re here together.

My love to you.

xo Joy

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  1. JenS

    November 13, 2022 at 3:05 pm

    I literally had a school dream last night. So odd and I hadn’t had one in years. Clearly my anxiety is ramped up and I’ve got some adult day-to-day things to tackle. And I agree that it’s never to early to think about dishes to create for Thanksgiving. Spread the food enjoyment all month I say! (one of my core values to create and share)

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    • Joy the Baker

      November 15, 2022 at 1:36 pm

      I hope your anxiety and school dreams have subsided!

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  2. Dottie

    November 13, 2022 at 11:11 am

    I’m with you on sandwiches. I made sandwiches for my hungry husband when I first met him. I remember thinking, “He’s a good eater.” Fast forward several decades to working from home during the pandemic and we made sandwiches for each other every day. Even simple sandwiches are a comfort and a sign of love.
    I have the school exam nightmare and had no idea that so many others had it.

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    • Joy the Baker

      November 15, 2022 at 1:37 pm

      “He’s a good eater.’ Honestly, a really important quality in a person I’m with.

      Reply
  3. Lorien

    November 13, 2022 at 10:21 am

    Why have I never thought of a pipe cleaner crown? I’ve been doing paper crowns like a chump for years (kindergarten teacher here. It’s been a lot of crowns). You’re a genius!

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    • nancy k

      November 13, 2022 at 11:49 am

      Former K teaher here. I used to have the kids make pipe cleaner crowns to celebate birthdays. The birthday child could be a creative as he/she wanted to be and boy, some of the crowns were amazing. I had all sorts of pipe cleaner choices but the sparkly ones were the most loved. I loved that they stayed on easily…often a bit tangled in unrully hair

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      • David J Lopez

        November 13, 2022 at 1:32 pm

        I have the same school dreams. I’m in high school and I don’t know where I’m supposed to go, so I following everyone else. I don’t know my schedule, I can’t find my schedule. I’m panicking. Then I wake up.

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      • Joy the Baker

        November 15, 2022 at 1:37 pm

        This is so sweet! And yes of courses, who doesn’t want a sparkly pipe cleaner crown!? :)

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    • Joy the Baker

      November 15, 2022 at 1:38 pm

      Oh girl – get on these pipe cleaner crowns!!

      Reply
  4. Marisa F.

    November 13, 2022 at 9:16 am

    I worked on those private rail cars as a porter! It was twenty years ago, but it’s where I learned to make an ice cold gimlet, and learned so many things in the kitchen from the private chef, Kim. It’s was the hardest I’ve ever worked in my life, but I also got to see parts of the states most people never will and made life long friendships.

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    • Joy the Baker

      November 15, 2022 at 1:38 pm

      THAT IS INCREDIBLE. You must have so many interesting stories! I had no idea this world existed!

      Reply
  5. Marisa Franz

    November 13, 2022 at 9:16 am

    I worked on those private rail cars as a porter! It was twenty years ago, but it’s where I learned to make an ice cold gimlet, and learned so many things in the kitchen from the private chef, Kim. It’s was the hardest I’ve ever worked in my life, but I also got to see parts of the states most people never will and made life long friendships.

    Reply
  6. B

    November 13, 2022 at 7:51 am

    Love the three core values. This will bring some clarity to me.
    I am also bringing the list to Thanksgiving, think it will make for some great conversations.

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    • Joy the Baker

      November 15, 2022 at 1:39 pm

      That is SUCH a great idea!

      Reply
  7. Toby

    November 13, 2022 at 6:13 am

    Ah I love every piece of coverage on the Joan Didion auction. That apron is the most surprising/delightful item in the whole lot!

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    • Joy the Baker

      November 15, 2022 at 1:39 pm

      Isn’t it wild!? I’m obsessed with EVERYTHING.

      Reply
  8. Kay

    November 12, 2022 at 11:51 pm

    It’ll always be a life mystery why a sandwich cut on the diagonal tastes better to me than straight down the middle.

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    • Joy the Baker

      November 15, 2022 at 1:39 pm

      I get a lot of flack for cutting straight down the middle. I feel like I’m going to need to see the science on this.

      Reply
  9. Carrie

    November 12, 2022 at 11:29 pm

    I devoured Alive when I was in middle school.

    ~

    I love sandwiches but only rarely make or have them because of what else am I going to do with the rest of the loaf of bread? My love languages include fixing things for me, journals, stickers, and entering me in a fitness challenge and/or entering it with me.

    ~

    Use code Carrie5 for $5 off registration in Race Across Alaska (virtual) Winter Challenge http://www.raawc.com

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