"I love the process of baking, of working with just a handful of ingredients, and losing myself in my hands while working to transform these ingredients into something beautiful and delicious.
"I love taking a box of perfect peaches back to the restaurant from the farmers' market and turning them into sheet pans of whole-wheat peach squares, or peach crumble, or fresh peach preserves.
"When I'm baking, the finished product almost doesn't matter; once I get into the simple peaceful acts of scaling, mixing and scooping, I'm satisfied."
Zoe Nathan in "Huckleberry: Stories, Secrets and Recipes from Our Kitchen"
Books I am Reading
- "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
- "Manhood for Amateurs" by Michael Chabon
- "The Big Sur Bakery Cookbook" by Michelle and Philip Wojtowicz and Michael Gilson
- "Rustic Fruit Desserts" by Cory Schreiber and Julie Richardson
- "Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger" by Nigel Slater
- "Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life" by Jamie Oliver
- "The Gastronomical Me" by M.F.K. Fisher
- "Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China" by Fuchsia Dunlop
- "My China: A Feast for All the Senses" by Kylie Kwong
- "Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China" by Jen Lin-Liu
- "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance" by Barack Obama
Films and TV Shows I am Watching
- "Jiro Dreams of Sushi"
- "Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death"
- "Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie"
- "Waitress" with Keri Russell
- "The Future of Food" by Deborah Koons Garcia
- "Food, Inc."
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