Dear Bakers and Friends, Ah, September 1st the bittersweet day of summer’s end and fall’s promise! The air might feel like July but it definitely smells like September and a heat wave would do little to stop the leaves from their first tumble. Labour Day is that twilight holiday, linking what was with what’s […]
A Note from Marcy September 2020
Dear Fellow Bakers and Friends, Welcome to the September 2020, aka 5781, the dawn of the Jewish New Year. I believe that 5781 is going to be a tremendous year! But as we’re still on this side of things, just for the record, to quote Queen Elizabeth II who said something along these lines in […]
A Note from Marcy September 2021
Dear Bakers and Friends, Judging from the humidity around here these days it still feels like high-summer but as balmy as it is, it definitely smells like fall. To underscore the seasonal shift, the maple leaves in front of my house are sporting brown-tinged leaves and both my basil and oregano plants are going to […]
A Note from Marcy September 2023
It’s September and that means it’s the beginning of the season of spice, apples and pumpkins. Quiet applause and a whisper of hurrah – the ‘baker’s ball’ of autumn has begun! Welcome back to the wheaty land of Baking Camelot aka Betterbaking.com. Dear Friends and Fellow Bakers, Welcome to the September 2023 issue of Betterbaking.com! I’m […]
A Note from Marcy September 2024
Hello friends and fellow bakers, Welcome to the September 2024 issue of Betterbaking.com! I’ll make this brief since this issue is late and the month is short. I’m gently reminding you that for a final time this year (until a year from now) that you have until September 30th 2024 to partake of the two-years-for-one-year-price […]
A Note from Marcy September 2025
Dear Bakers and Friends, Welcome to the September 2025 issue of Betterbaking.com! I’m late to publish because it’s Labor Day and the last day of summer (in mood) is calling me away as it is you. But I’m also late because I got waylaid trying to perfect a Downtown Abbey Victoria Sponge Cake for this […]
A Note from Marcy, December 2020
Hello Bakers and Friends, Welcome to the December 2020 issue of Betterbaking.com! It’s hard to believe we made it through the year, if not the continuing storm, aka 2020. Just a few months ago the world as we knew it shifted and at times actually shut down. Our lives became about health, family, and appreciating […]
A Note from Marcy, December 2024
Dear Friends and Fellow Bakers, Welcome to the December 2024 Issue of Betterbaking.com! From the gathering time of October, to feelings of gratitude in November, we tumble into the final month of the year, December. And just what is December’s theme? I would say sugar and spice of course but it’s also stillness, along with […]
A Note from Marcy, January 2019
Dear Fellow Bakers and Friends, Welcome to the regular January 2019 issues of Betterbaking.com. I hope you’ve all had a wonderful holiday and are easing into January with a sense of serenity, optimism and an appetite for a brand new year of baking adventures. I thought about all the things I could say in this […]
A Note from Marcy, July 2021
Dear Bakers and Friends. Welcome to the July 2021 Issue of Betterbaking.com! Happy Canada Day to fellow Canadians, happy July 4th to my American readers, happy Ginger Cookie Day (look it up) and happy July to my fellow bakers wherever you are on the globe. Summertime in these parts calls for easy baking which means […]