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Last Farmers Market + Kitchen Notes

12/23/2017

 
From the water-stained and sticky pages of the kitchen notebook.

11:50 am, Dec. 22, 7 hours into the last bake of the year, and still unfailingly optimistic that I'll be home in time for dinner:

The sun came up without my noticing, shut away as I was in the blind fluorescence of the kitchen. It is a brilliant day, clear and cold as any morning on the east side of the mountains. Inside, the last of the rye is baking; the wheat batards are proofing in their baskets; the brioche—what a foolish task I set myself, hand mixing whole grain brioche!—is slowly coming alive in the refrigerator; and the cookies are mixed, balled, and spread in equilateral triangles across an endless stack of sheet pans. After the chaos and scramble of the morning, I find myself, suddenly, back in control, standing at the beginning of afternoon with the rest of the day’s work neatly laid out before me, tidy as a checklist.

There are a few minutes, now, to make a cup of tea and step out with my notebook. Soon the timer will go off, and I’ll return inside to unload the oven, and to clear up the morning’s traffic jam at the dish pit, but for a moment longer I can stand under this glorious sky, warming my palms against the curve of my mug and breathing in the bright air.

4 pm, Dec. 22, 11 hours into the last bake of the year, and still optimistic I'll get a full night's sleep:

All the daylight fled before I had another chance to step out. Perhaps down by the water, with the bay a giant mirror to reflect the sky, there is day yet, but here, between concrete and high walls, the dark is very near. It startles me to walk out of the constance of the timeless kitchen and discover that outside, the world has turned and another day is disappearing into the west. 

1 am, Dec. 23, 20 hours into the last bake of the year, and so wobbly I almost crash my bike turning out of the alley as I ride for home:
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​All that to say that I’ve baked you a feast for the LAST FARMERS MARKET of the year. Come down to explore the holiday crafts and treats, and to stock up on bread and pastries for the coming weeks!
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I won’t be baking again until the Winter Bread Subscription starts in mid-January. If you haven’t already, come sign up for a subscription today at the market, or do so online! Otherwise, you’ll have to suffer through a long, dark season of white bread while you wait for the farmers market to resume in April.

​Last Market
Red & White, Mountain Rye, Vollkornbrot
Bittersweet Chocolate + Malted Chocolate Chip Cookies
Triple Snap Ginger Cookies
Hazelnut + Brown Butter Shortbread
Chocolate Hazelnut Babka
Morning Bun
North Sea + Black Forest Gingerbread
Kabocha Tart
Granola

Winter Bread Subscription
Jan 10 - Mar 14
Baker's Choice Subsciption
Mountain Rye Subscription
Vollkornbrot Subscription

​See you soon!

Sophie
Owner | Baker

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