A Little Taste of Home
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A Little Taste of Home: An Unexpected Act of Kindness
A Little Taste of Home: An Unexpected Act of Kindness On Tuesday, October 20, I had one of those unexpected experiences that reminds you just how beautiful people can be. I was at WinCo picking up a few missing ingredients for a customer order, grabbing the last few things I needed for my sourdough baking,…
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Baking for Love
Baking for Love A Little Taste of Home Today I didn’t measure. I didn’t worry. I just stuffed a bunch of love into baked goods. It’s my father-in-law’s birthday today, and this afternoon we’ll go and we’ll celebrate his 84th birthday. He was born in 1942. In 1942, the world was right in the middle…
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It’s Not Just the Recipe
It’s Not Just the Recipe A Little Taste of Home Little did I know that not only your recipe — but where you live, the temperature of your kitchen, the temperature of your dough, whether or not you use cold butter in your cookies or creamed butter in your cookies, which pan you use, if…
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Erlinda, 102 — An Original Rosie the Riveter
Syri just met Erlinda, 102 years old. She’s an original Rosie the Riveter. I first met her daughter-in-law Lisa while at Walgreens photo center picking up our poster. This just happened in Walgreens. What a blessing! What Erlinda shared: She said she went to enlist in the military when her brother was drafted in World…
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The Tin From Iowa
The Tin From Iowa A Little Taste of Home I come from a biracial family. Which is a beautiful way of saying I was born right in the middle — where both sides were averse to each other, and I somehow managed to be too much and not enough at the very same time. Not…
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The Messy Baker
The Messy Baker A Little Taste of Home Sometimes when you’re building a business, you get out over your skis. Sometimes you rush to do things and try to make other people happy and close the sale. I learned today that rushing only makes me even more anxious than I already am. Being shy is…
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Finding My Way Back to the Kitchen
A Little Taste of Home: Finding My Way Back to the Kitchen You know what I’m loving most about getting back to cooking the way my mom did, the way her parents did, and the way their parents did before them? I’m remembering just how much I took for granted. Now, let me clarify something.…
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He Wasn’t Afraid of Me, and That Changed Everything
He Wasn’t Afraid of Me—and That Changed Everything Who is that person who isn’t afraid of you? For years—and still, to this day—people have been intimidated by me. I have absolutely no idea why. I guess it’s because I’m straightforward. I’m a get-it-done, let’s-do-it, let’s-persevere, pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps kind of person. People have described me as intimidating.…
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It’s Not Just Bread, It’s Flour, Coffee, and a Whole Lot of Real Life
What People Don’t See Behind the Scenes of an Arizona Cottage Home Bakery People see the beautiful loaves of bread, the cookies fresh out of the oven, the little cakes ready for pickup, and the delicious treats that make their way to someone’s kitchen table. But what people don’t always see is everything that happens…
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The Heart Behind La Susa’s Bakes ~N~ Sweets
A Little Taste of Home: The Heart Behind La Susa’s Bakes~N~Sweets My Arizona cottage home bakery was never meant to be just a business. It was built around my life, my family, my memories, and all the beautiful, messy moments that make a home what it is. For me, baking has always been about more…
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Dad’s Hot Dog Apocalypse
A Little Taste of Home — Daily Memories ❤️🌭 I giggle every single time I think about this memory. My mom once left me home with my dad while she went to take care of something. I can’t remember what it was, but apparently, it was something I couldn’t tag along for. So, it was…
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Part 3: The Dog Told on Us!
A Little Taste of Home Part 3: The Dog Told on Us! 🎃😂 Well, friends, it’s time for the grand finale of the Great Pumpkin Bread Disaster! If you’ve been following along, you know my brother Vic and I had a plan. We wanted pumpkin bread, we had gathered our ingredients, and we had selected…
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Part 2: The Great Pumpkin Bread Disaster, Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way!
A Little Taste of Home The Great Pumpkin Bread Disaster — Part 2: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way! 🎃😂 Yesterday, I introduced you to Vic and me, two little kids who woke up one weekend morning with a serious craving for pumpkin bread. And naturally, we decided we were going to make it…
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A Little Taste of Home, A Whole Lot of Love
A Little Taste of Home — A Whole Lot of Love ❤️ I grew up in Hyde Park, Chicago, in the ’70s and ’80s, with a hippie mom, a kitchen full of homemade food, and a family that believed there was always room at the table for one more person. ❤️ My mom was very…
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Part 1: Two Kids, One Big Plan
A Little Taste of Home Part 1: Two Kids, One Big Plan Growing up in the 1970s, my family was a little unconventional, to say the least. Coming from a biracial family during a time when racism divided people, I didn’t have a huge extended family to grow up around. For a long time, it…