My mother was not a baker. Betty Crocker and Duncan Hines were responsible for cakes and brownies;Table Talk produced the pies and all the muffins were Jiffy. Helping led to doing, and then I discovered cookbooks.If I wanted to bake something I had to give an ingrediant list before shopping day and promise to do the clean up. When I was fourteen I started to bake my way through Beard on Bread, so thanks Mom for giving me plenty of room in your kitchen.

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