Grainews: First We Eat – On Not Counting Cookies

Grainews 

I started baking at six, the same age I first climbed onto a horse. I was too short to mount a tall gelding unaided, and in the kitchen, I didn’t realize that what I wanted to make first – cookies – were among the most challenging of any sweet.

What I’m reading, 3 October 2014

The Road is How by Trevor Herriot

The Trouble with Beauty by Bruce Rice

Wanderlust by Rebecca Solnit

The Boreal Feast by Michele Genest