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The baking brief for Bake-Off Online #2 is now live!

Congratulations to Germaine McCutcheon for being selected as this week's Stellar Baker with her chocolate caramel candy bars! Thank you to all the bakers who submitted their bakes for consideration. My mãe and I had fun reviewing them--and wishing we could eat them. You can watch the full video of us reviewing submissions and selecting the winner here. Stay tuned for another Bake-Off Online challenge in the next couple of weeks! Stay safe, and keep baking.

The baking brief for Online Bake-Off #1 is now live!

Since more of us are using our ovens these days...I've decided to organize a bake-off online! This bake-off is for anyone that wants to participate in a laid-back, good-natured, and supportive baking challenge. Here's how it will work:

As a youth, I probably wouldn't have told anyone about my attempt today: to use an almost-expired container of yogurt in a cake recipe. It could have revealed I was "less than" in some way I can't exactly articulate even today. However, the world around me has evolved. Thrifting is trendy and green, and now I'm writing a full blog post about the origins of my frugality and its connection to chocolate cake.