About Me

I can tell you when it happened. November 13, 2007 was the day that baking came into my life. Who’s to blame for taking me on this frustrating yet satisfying, flour dusted odyssey…Martha Stewart. I don’t think I ever watched the show before. For good or ill, Fate took my hand and lead me to Martha’s doorstep while channel surfing. Sure, I’ve always loved to eat baked goods, but to actually bake them myself? The whole process of baking struck me as some kind of cabalistic alchemy. And yet, when I saw a trepidatious Rachel Weisz cutting out fluted circles of dough with ease I thought to myself, “I could do that!” Yep, thanks to Martha I have now been inducted into the secret underbelly of lemon meringue disasters and floods of pastry cream. So, I’ve decided to document my journey here for posterity and perhaps act as a guidepost to others who might follow.

You may wonder to yourself, “Sugared yes, but what the heck does and ellipsis (or several of them even) have to do with baking?” True this may seem a bit mysterious at first, but I assure you that my meaning will become clear to you if you follow my adventures. Let’s take a look at the definition:

An ellipsis in printing and writing refers to a mark or series of marks that unusually indicate an intentional omission of a word or a phrase from the original text. An ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in speech, and unfinished thought or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence.

So instead of an ellipsis in printing and writing, I’m talking about an ellipsis in baking.  What for the love of chocolate is an ellipsis in baking? I’ll give you some examples from my own kitchen. Instead of omitting words or phrases I have been known to (more often than I’d like to admit) omit recipe ingredients or techniques resulting in inedible delicacies. Or, I’ve been known to repeatedly time and again pause the whole works checking and rechecking ingredients and techniques trying to avoid said omissions and resulting inedible-ness. Lastly, anyone trying to have a conversation with me when I’m baking often finds that I end up trailing off into silence.

My name is Aimee and for the most part this blog will cover nothing but sweet delectables, but you may find a savory treat here and there along the way. Hopefully one day I’ll be able to open my oven with confidence that what I put in will come out delicious every time.