Showing posts with label Happy Baker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Happy Baker. Show all posts

Thursday, January 12, 2012

How to be a Domestic Goddess ~ my life's ambition!

How to be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking

by Nigella Lawson

This book is not about being a goddess, but about feeling like one. And tell me, who doesn't want to feel like a goddess?!  What this deliciously reassuring and mouthwatering cookbook demonstrates is that it's not hard to bake a tray of muffins or a sponge layer cake -- but the rewards they bring are disproportionately high (just ask my family!).

Here is the book that feeds our fantasies, understands our anxieties and puts cakes, pies and pastries right back into our kitchens and our lives. There's everything from cupcakes to chocolate cakes; from brownies to bagels; from gooseberry-cream crumble to double apple pie; from pizza to pistachio macaroons; scones and muffins; cheesecakes and steamed syrup sponge; from baklava to a Barbie cake; as well as children's cooking, Christmas baking and other wonderful family festive treats -- all illustrated with ravishing photographs throughout.  Get out your bowl and whisk, this book will inspire you to bake something wonderful!


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!