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About Maggie

I’m an English major and teacher by trade, but baking and cooking have always played animportant part of my life.  From my gradmother’s table to my mother’s, the creation of food (rather than the eating of it) was the single-most meaningful act we engaged in as a family.  It brought us together in the creation of something of utility, indulgence, and beauty,  sharing the happiness and joy that are inherent in good food with those we loved.

I’m a firm believer in from-scratch baking and cooking for two reasons.  Firstly, the more agency we take in the food we prepare, the more we enjoy it. Secondly, as we become farther and farther removed from food as we have always understood it, it’s gratifying and enlightening (if not imperative) that we make the effort to understand what food is.

As per example, the first time I went to a farm, got milk from a cow, and made butter with it, I not only felt more connected to and pleased with the food I prepared, every time I interact with these foods now, I get a picture of where they came from and what exactly they are.  I believe this is a good thing.  If you do too, you just might enjoy this blog. :)

About OfBaking

Michel de Montaigne (an arguably French and Italian philosopher in the sixteenth century) considered subjects generally in order to come to meaningful conclusions, always beginning his essays, “of _____.”

This is where this blog gets its name, OfBaking.  I hope, through considering food and sharing recipes, that this blog may also get to some meaningful conclusions.  If not, at least we’ll have enjoyed some good food.

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Want to drop me a line? Don’t know what to do with kohlrabi? Looking for a low-fat version of your favorite recipe? Wondering how to make pizza dough? My inbox is open twenty-four hours a day! :)

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