Time To Bake

I used to be a professional baker. Ok, I worked as a baker at Great Harvest for 2.5 years while I was in college, but as it was my livelyhood, I think I can say with at least some truthfulness that I was a baker, "professionally."

One thing that is absolutely true is that it was the favorite job of my pre college-graduate life. I loved to bake. I loved the smells, the textures, the flavors- I didn't even mind the early mornings. Oddly, I haven't baked more than a couple dozen batches of cookies, and a few rolls since I stopped working at GH. I've missed it, but not enough to do something about it. So I have decided that in 2010 I will remedy the situation and start baking on a regular basis. I have even set some goals around it. I am going to bake something new each week for the entire year of 2010. That's 52 unique and different recipes over the course of the year.

This is not some weird Julie and Julia want-to-be project, it's just something I'm doing because I love it and I want to develop the hobby more fully. I will try to update the blog with pictures and posts of the more interesting creations. Look for it in 2010.

HD

I am a big fan of the show "30 Rock." This past week there was a scene where they were filming a promo for Liz Lemon's new talk show, and were considering filming a potion in high definition. Whenever a character would walk in front of the HD camera, the monitor on set would show what they "really" looked like. For example, Liz was covered in warts and wrinkles, Kenneth was a puppet, and Jack, of course, was young, thin, and handsome. It seems to me that it is only logical to now wonder how I would appear were I to be broadcast in 1080p.

Hopefully this

Probably more like this

Hopefully not this