Wednesday, November 9, 2011

The Girlfriend's Guide to Emotional Baking



  • 20+ 30+ years of dating fiascos
  • 60+ down-home, comforting recipes
  • 1 pink baking hammer, with apron and lip gloss to match
  • Many (many) bottles of wine
  • Too many tears
  • A whole lotta laughter
We've all been there.
The blind date from hell. The Big Hurt.
The guy who details his various surgeries over Caesar salad on the first date.
Who needs a pint of rocky road when you can head to the kitchen and work out your heartache with a whisk and a bottle of wine?
 Erin Bolger has been there, dated that and baked through it all. Turns out the more bitter the heartbreak, the sweeter the batter. So don't cry over bad dates, bad boyfriends or bad breakups—whip up a batch of My-Mom-Didn't-Like-You-Anyway Cupcakes and bake yourself happy.

This book has been my salvation lately. While I'm not suffering from a run of bad breakups (unless you count my recent break up with the school board!) I do find that emotional baking does indeed help you work through, knead out,  sift, blend and bake your troubles away.

Happy Baking!