As many of you know, I developed a love for baking when I got home from my internship in Hong Kong. Being a girl who destroyed boxed brownies in high school, I stayed away from the oven and kitchen pretty much my whole life. However, one day, during the fall semester of my second year in grad school, I decided to I wanted to bake. I made an applesauce spice cake, and the rest is history.
Throughout these past two years, I've baked a whole variety of cookies, breads, cakes, and pastries. I've also watched a ton of food network to help with my baking and cooking. =) As my sister, Jackie, likes to say, I'm obsessed. Anyhow, I mainly try to make the baked goods tasty and true to their name, but I have to admit that I do lack in presentation. With the help of many cookbooks, recipe websites, online technique videos, and the food network, it's slowly improving, but it's slow. However, I promise that the taste will compensate for the presentation. =)
Post-graduation from grad school and after the disappointment of the CDC fellowship, I am now in Houston. Without many friends, family, and coworkers to bake for, I've really not been in the kitchen much. As I've always said, baking is an out for me. It allows me to forget about my problems and just enjoy the process of making good food. And so in Houston, being alone, it's been hard for me to adjust and adapt, but recently, I've found that baking helps me here as it did in the past. Not only that, but this afternoon, as I was driving down the I-10 feeder, there was a woman asking for food, so I simply gave her some of the leftover cinnamon buns that I had baked last night. She was so happy and grateful. So, this is what I'm proposing--rather than not baking at all, I plan on starting up a charity.
I will provide my baking services for you guys--just name what you want, and I'll attempt to make it. =) If it can't be done, I'll let you know asap. All I am asking for is compensation for the ingredients (and shipping if necessary), and all of the money will then either be donated to charity or if I see someone in need like I did today, I will provide some sort of food or meal. This way, I can bake and help people at the same time, and you'll be helping out! Just email me if you guys want something, and please spread the word to your friends and family!
I want to thank all of you in advance for your support, friendship, and love. It's been a rough six months here in Houston, and without you guys, I wouldn't still be here. I don't think I would have ever made it here in fact, so thank you so much. Y'all mean more to me than you will ever know. I miss you, and I hope to see you guys soon. I really hope this works out because as St. Ignatius said, we're to be men and women for others.
AMDG, and Happy Easter!
Jen
ps. Here's a link for some photos of my baked goods...I'll post a list of everything that I've made within the next couple of days. Thanks!
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/album?c=jengylee&aid=576460762368874223&pid=&wtok=G1FnAsAxPkIIIXemyzxB1w--&ts=1175923008&.src=ph
1 comment:
Jennifer, this is such a great idea! Just let me know what I can do to help. The food you made looks so yummy, especially the chocolate cake with fruit filling. =)
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