The communal experience of food.

I love baking. And cooking.

I love creating and then sharing. Seeing the joy that is brought to others through something so simple, like a cupcake or banana bread or chocolate chip cookies.

One of the things I miss most about school (or just living somewhere where I know people) is the communal experience of a meal or even a snack. Perhaps that is why I've recently been so enthralled with the idea of working at a bakery.

This afternoon, one of my roommates sent me a text that said "Today I have had coffee, tea and popcorn. It's like I am back in our house!" So many good memories can be built around sharing food.

I miss studying over coffee. Having friends over for a movie and popcorn. Making house dinner or just going to campus to eat together because we didn't have time to cook. Baking tons of apple pies in the fall, just to find our favorite recipe (and to have tons of apple pie to eat!). Inviting friends over to frost cookies in the winter.

Unfortunately, I also have a lot of food allergies. In the past, my way of dealing with them (or not dealing with them) was to ignore them. But, recently, I've decided that something needs to be done about it. Currently, I'm trying out an elimination/healing diet that gives me hope for being able to eat things like dairy in the future! At the moment, however, I just miss the creative outlet that baking provides. I think I'm just going to have to get even more creative, for the time being!

In the meantime, here is an adorable video that I recently discovered and love. I would absolutely love if this was my life!