http://www.joythebaker.com/blog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:46:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Friends,   The truth is... I haven't quite been able to get my act together since my move. I've been trying to distract you with posts about my box grater.  I've been trying to distract you with candy giveaways.... but that's all starting to feel a little silly.   The fact of the ... http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2010/03/kitchen-in-transition/   Three things I love: Bacon. Candy. People that make special things with special ingredients. aaaand bonus.  You.  I think you're awful swell. Because I love all of these things, I thought I'd share a little something with you. Morning Glory Confections is a Los Angeles based artisan brittle and candy company.  We're talking handmade, small batch ... http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2010/03/morning-glory-confections-giveaway/   I was packing up my kitchen this afternoon and I got to thinking. I got to thinking about my box grater... which is totally weird.   As if thinking at length about my box grater weren't odd enough... I'm now going to shovel my box grater thoughts onto your lap.   There's butter. ... http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2010/03/ode-to-my-box-grater/   I have downright baffled myself.   I may have mentioned that I'm moving this week.  Moving is... horrifying.  Yes, I'm being dramatic.  Please indulge me.  Among the things that I found under my bed and in the dark recesses of my closet as I've been cleaning and packing are: eight kitten stuffed animals.  one ... http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2010/03/little-lemon-hazelnut-cakes/   This post could also be entitled:        Can't Bake Now... I'm on the I-5.      Joy the Driver and Lauren the Snack Coordinator      Joy the Baker eats 6 pounds of Chex Mix between San Francisco and Portland      or simply... Joy the Baker moves her sister from Los ... http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2010/03/notes-from-the-road/ t  I'd really like to conjure up some useful information for you.  That would be nice, right?  I could tell you all about avocados.  Where they came from.  What a lovely shade of green they are.  Why they're so expensive at the grocery store... you know, things like that.   But you ... http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2010/03/avocado-pound-cake/   Three things.  Can I tell you three things?  Do you mind getting all up in my business for the next several minutes of your life?   Remember two short weeks ago when I was moaning and groaning about not living in the cool part of town?  I wanted to live in a ... http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2010/03/these-three-things/   Ok.  I've come to terms with the fact that I have housewife tendencies.  It's true.  Don't judge me... that would be rude. I've tried to ignore these urges.  I've tried to pass it off as a phase... but really?  This can't go on.  I'm going to have to own my housewife ... http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2010/02/parker-house-rolls/   Let's talk about this weekend's adventures.  There were highways, gas stations and bridges.  I might have a made friends out of strangers although there was too much wine to be clear on that.  Aaaaand!  I taught my first cooking class.  In Sonoma.  That happened.   Take a peek!     I spent an evening ... http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2010/02/bridge-watching-and-other-scary-things/   I do this thing when I'm filled to the brim with tasks and opportunities and responsibilities and stresses.... I add more.  I really just pile it on.  I somehow think that adding new responsibilities and stresses will erase the ones I've already loaded on my shoulders.   It's illogical.  It's a ... http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2010/02/top-5-im-totally-freaking-out-right-now-recipes/