Who am I to make confessions? Let alone of a geeky or baker-y type?
Let's start with the important part: baking. I've been baking for as long as I can remember. In fact, when I moved out of my parents' place, a photo of me making cookies half-naked at the kitchen table when I was all of three or four still adorned my mom's fridge. Growing up, cooking was a family affair, especially when it came time to bake. Cookies? You bet my sister and I were under Mom's feet, waiting ever-so-impatiently for when we could form the balls and lick the bowl. Cakes? We got to pick the frosting!
Now that I'm an adult (and have lived on my own for a while), I don't have Mom or Aunt J in the kitchen with me to tell me what I'm doing wrong (or right). But, that hasn't deterred me from continuing on this delicious journey into pastry. I am largely self-taught as of this writing, however, I am also actively pursuing a formal pastry education.
So what makes me a "nerdy" baker? Well, let's start with this: I believe that if you identify as a nerd or geek, and enjoy at least one nerdy or geeky thing, you're a nerd or geek. However, if you insist on seeing some "geek cred", here it is: I've been playing D&D since I was 12, Magic: the Gathering since I was 9 (though I've quit twice), and I have three weekly tabletop RPG sessions. Then there's the Tolkien-reading, fantasy-writing, videogame-playing, Star Trek-watching, and wargaming. Yeah. I'm a nerd. I get that a lot.
What do I have to confess? Everything. I talk too much, and over-share fairly frequently. But, what will I confess here? My tricks, techniques, and successes. As well as "learning opportunities", failures, and oopses. No one's perfect, but everyone can learn to recover from a mistake.
See you on Wednesday.
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