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Baking thoughts and banana bread
(pictures to come shortly)
I started baking at an early age. My mother maintained a house of healthy food choices so cookies and fresh breads factored in only special times of the year like birthdays or the holidays. I figured out when I was ten years old that the novelty of a kid in the kitchen overrode any concerns about extra fat and sugar in our diets, so I jumped right into Baked Alaska from the Joy of Cooking. That was a big hit and I followed up by playing around with any recipe that looked good to me - the key theme being that it was something I wanted to eat. I spent a lot of time browsing through my Mom’s recipe box and cookbooks for all the traditional and soon-to-be favorites.
