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Oh Joy! It's Joy, the Baker

Meet Joy Wilson, aka  Joy, the Baker , cookbook author and popular food blogger.  Today, Barbara and I went to her book signing for her third and latest cookbook called  Over Easy .  It was fun to meet her in person, get her cookbook and hear her speak.  I really need this cookbook because it's all about brunches.  With all the family brunches I've hosted since we moved back to Seattle, I really need some new ideas and this book is chock full of delicious recipes.  Joy lives in New Orleans, one of my favorite places.  And she has a recipe for beignets, of course, and lots of other wonderful treats like strawberry shortcake doughnuts, breakfast sausage pretzel rolls, spaghetti quiche, a whole chapter on sandwiches and cocktails that include the Aperol Spritz that I drank all over Italy in September.  I am excited to start trying all her recipes.  She is such a fun person and recently started having cooking workshops at her house i...

Stir

My birthday presents keep coming in.  I've been known to celebrate the whole month of July and this year is no exception.  Since my birthday , I received a selfie stick from Lauren which, as you can see, still takes practice to use...and a Seahawks 12th man flag from my best friend, Marge, who came over to visit after we arrived back in town.  I'm now ready for Seahawks football to start and you can't live in Seattle without a 12th man flag.  It's been a steady stream of visitors since we arrived  June 28th  of people stopping by with housewarming presents and birthday presents.  Can't complain about that!  Last night, my sister surprised me with another birthday present of a night out for dinner and then to the  Book Larder , a local community book store that holds multiple events each month. Last night, they hosted guest author, Jessica Fechtor, of   Stir   and author of the food blog,  Sweet Amandine .  I ha...