From the monthly archives:

August 2011

Vegan Carrot Cherry Breakfast Cookies

August 31, 2011

Pin it New Joy the Baker Podcast is ready for your ears! Get your listen on!! When I was a small little baby girl, I was super stoked to grow up and: Wear sunglasses like Jackie O. Stop doing homework. Shave my legs (um…. wwwhhhhyyyy!?). Stay up past 9:30. Watch all the Beverly Hills 90210 [...]

Pretty Pretty Bando Giveaway!

August 29, 2011

Pin it I’ve got pretty things for you in a quick and dirty giveaway. Ready? These are pretty pretty shoe clips from Bando. Bando is a Los Angeles based, awesome-ladies-making-awesome-things, company. They inspire me. They have gorgeous and fun headbands, fluuuufffyyy pompom pins, hair clips, and shoe clips. I happen to be obsessed with their [...]

Salt and Vinegar Potato Salad

August 29, 2011

Pin it I made a thing that tastes like another thing… Salad that tastes like chips. Wait… would anyone sign up for chips that taste like salad? No. Wait…. Cobb Salad chips? Yes. How can we make this happen? Ok. I’m totally distracted. I need to tell you about potato salad before the summer slips [...]

Easy Sunday Lemon Pasta

August 28, 2011

Pin it Sunday is special. Sunday is my day for farmer’s market strolls, off-key church singing, and giant bowls of pasta. Sunday is not my day for standing in long grocery store lines, trying terribly to sing on-key, and dainty salads. I don’t take out my measuring cups. I leave a few dirty dishes in [...]

Lemon Raspberry Breakfast Rolls

August 25, 2011

Pin it The dream house that I hold in my head is sunny and smells like banana bread. It has a real-life adult couch and big, fluffy, matching, totally not hand-me-down bathroom towels. The bookshelves aren’t dusty and my desk is huge and spotless. There’s also a lovely woman that comes over everyday to help [...]

Whole Wheat Flat Bread with Herb Yogurt Cucumber Dip

August 23, 2011

Pin it Psssst! New Joy the Baker Podcast ALERT! Oh my gosh. I did this thing today. I hate when I do this thing. I did this thing where I convince myself that I’m not working hard enough, that I’m missing something, that my hair looks dumb, and I’m wholely unsatisfied. Do you do this? [...]

Whole Wheat and Millet Banana Bread

August 21, 2011

Pin it I’m the girl that will stone-cold stare a banana into ripeness just so I can make banana bread. Banana bread is just one of those things this girl has a crush on…. along with boys who open doors for me, handwritten letters, and kitten figurines. This is how banana bread always starts… after [...]

Summer 2011. As it Goes.

August 19, 2011

Pin it You’ve seen this part of my summer living… the part that’s in focus, well lit, and having everything to do with food. You know this part of me well. You’re probably hungry all the time, just like me. This is why we’re friends… no doubt. There were the Roasted Apricots and the completely [...]

Cold Avocado Soup with sweet corn and bacon

August 18, 2011

Pin it I know what you’re craving. I know what you’ve got on your mind. I know juuuuust the thing you need. Cold. Green. Soup. Sexy right? Just the thing you’ve been yearning for? The answer to all of your burning questions? The great treasure? Wait…. no!? Cold green soup isn’t your thing? Come on…. [...]

Peach Blueberry Pie

August 15, 2011

Pin it Before you roll your eyes, and dismiss this dessert as something that’s too complicated for you… something that’s out of your skill set… something that you simply don’t have the time or energy for… please. Just give me a minute. Everyone should know how to make a pie. If you know how to [...]

A Girl Obsessed: Nail Polish Giveaway!

August 11, 2011

Pin it Update! We have a randomly selected winner! Thank you to the many many many of you who are as obsessed with nail polish as I am. I’m glad you’re here. I have a feeling we’ll be playing around with more nail polish giveaways in the future! Love to you! I am a girl [...]

Peach Cobbler for One (or two if you’re nice)

August 10, 2011

Pin it Update! Check out the latest Joy the Baker Podcast! Episode 13 is LIVE! Things I Say Too Often: – Duh. Totes. – How you livin’? – Why is this orange juice making me more thirsty!? – Shut it. – Huh? – Dddrrrriiiiiiiiivvveeeeee (faster please)! – Small coffee. Room for cream, please. This I [...]

Lemon Almond Meringues

August 8, 2011

Pin it Dear The French Laundry, How did a humble baker girl like me end up at a fine establishment such as yours? Seriously. Breathtaking. How did this happen? Ok… truth be told, my friend Tracy extended a last minute invite, I basically ran to my car in my slippers, a dress on a hanger [...]

Lavender and Toasted Walnut Scones

August 5, 2011

Pin it How diplomatic is your shower? Do you have minty unisex soaps? Do you have pleasant, not completely feminine smelling shampoo? Do you hide the pumice stone in the bathroom cabinet? What’s going on with the face wash situation? Does it smell like… you know, soap? I might have an issue. I’m rocking [...]

Fresh Corn and Goat Cheese Grits

August 2, 2011

Pin it Five Things I Learned About Myself Last Week by Joy Wilson My Los Angeles style of driving will piss many people off outside of Los Angeles. When traveling, I will take an unreasonable, and possibly troubling amount of travel-sized toiletries with me no matter the duration of the trip. I so so soooo [...]