Sunday, June 21, 2009

Reading List

January - May 2009:
  • The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted and Other Small Acts of Liberation ~ Elizabeth Berg
  • I Was Told There'd Be Cake ~ Sloane Crosley
  • Eat Cake ~ Jeanne Ray

June 2009:
  • Enlightenment for Idiots ~ Anne Cushman
  • Diary of An Exercise Addict ~ Peach Friedman
  • Cobain Unseen ~ Charles Cross
July 2009:

Welcome to my blog!

I've always loved cooking, but only discovered the fun of baking a few years ago and I haven't stopped since. Baking evokes such strong and incredibly soothing memories of my very happy childhood. It's become like a therapy for me. The smells of cakes, cookies, breads, muffins, pies, ...basically anything baking in an oven brings me back to memories of my Mom's Christmas cookies or summer nights at my grandma's house.

I've learned to create my own recipes to bake as opposed to following someone else's recipes. Since I make it up as I go along and don't really measure things out, I rarely make the same exact thing twice & never keep track of the new recipes. There are few things that I bake alot, like carrot cake and banana bread, that are always (almost) the same each time, but for the most part each time I bake something its different than the time before. I decided to start this blog to keep track of my recipes and baking experiences.

I hope you enjoy it!