When I started this business three and a half years ago, I was very wide-eyed and inspired to bring my community the highest quality sourdough and desserts money can buy. I pride myself on using as many organic ingredients as possible, even down to the sugar. As this small business started to grow, my costs started to grow as well. The upfront costs took almost two years to pay off: mixer, fermentation refrigerator, Simply Bread […]
So much has changed since my last Karen’s Kitchen-recipes for the home-cook blog entry. We were still in the thick of the pandemic and my life was pivoting from the home-cook who shared her tried and true recipes to becoming a sourdough baker. My last entry was about working my way through the Tartine cookbook and sharing my journey with you. Life had different plans for me. Instead, of making every recipe from a cookbook. […]
I have always wanted to cook my way through a cookbook. The movie Julie & Julia was such an inspiration to all the “Renegade Foodies” as Amy Adams called herself in the movie. I saw myself as the RN working through a pandemic by day, and a renegade foodie by night. I have so many cookbooks and none of them ever really spoke to me like the Tartine Cookbook. I started down the sourdough rabbit […]
Happy New Year! I feel refreshed and hopeful with every new year. This year in particular because we seem to be rounding a corner with the vaccination roll out. Our hearts have been especially heavy because my husband is an Emergency Room Physician and I am a Registered Nurse. In the back of our minds we always knew a pandemic was possible but never truly believed it would happen. In the beginning, we were glued […]
Let’s not “beet” around the bush. Beets are very earthy and challenging for most people to enjoy. I have found if the beet is golden and roasted, it’s delicious. This pandemic has really made me consider my nutrition and immunity. I am taking this time to work on self-care and re-think what I put into my body. I know that adding more colorful vegetables into my diet will benefit my health. At some point my […]
Micro-Bakery Diaries 