March Baker's Notes

A transitional month fueled by chocolate chip cookie bark.

Hi Bakers!

I know it’s only Fool’s Spring, but I can’t help my excitement for sunnier weather. As I write, the kids have ditched their jackets and are warming up for baseball season in the backyard. The same yard that was covered in thick blankets of snow less than a month ago. 

It feels cliché to start these monthly catch-ups talking about the weather, but the seasons here in Vancouver mark the passage of time so profoundly. Stating that nature always finds a way is such an understatement for how marvelous it truly is. I went to mend the garden in preparation for spring last week. Under the previously snow-covered soil were verdant green shoots of long forgotten chives, determined to push their way to the surface, their perseverance admirable.

Brown Butter Funfetti Snack Cake

March is so much more than transitional weather patterns. March is daffodils, fresh herbs, and waking up to chirping birds. March is butter yellow, mint and matcha greens, and rhubarb pink. It’s denim and sneakers a…