A Trip to the Grocery Store I ventured out into the world today for a trip to the grocery store. Yes, I could have waited. I have lentils, rice, beans, eggs, flour, oil, over-wintered chard, new spring radishes, and arugula out in the garden, and milk in the freezer that hopefully will make yogurt. But, […]
Pivot Home
Pivot Home pivot | ˈpivət | verb (pivots, pivoting, pivoted) [no object] turn on or as if on a pivot: he swung around, pivoting on his heel | the sail pivots around the axis of a virtually static mast. She pivots and finds a new way of being out in the world…at home. From the […]
Registration Opens Monday for Virtual Pie Camp May 8-10
ANNOUNCING VIRTUAL PIE CAMP® FRIDAY MAY 8 through SUNDAY MAY 10, 2020 Registration Opens Monday April 27, 2020 8AM PST You are invited to join Kate McDermott for a 2-1/2-Day pie baking weekend right at your very own baking counter! This 5-session hands-on pie-making weekend is based on the very popular sold out Art […]
Thank You All for Your Amazing Support
Thank You All for Your Amazing Support Yesterday I sounded like I was at my wits end…and I was. After I pushed the publish button here, and sent out an email, with an SOS for help, I turned off all the buzzer, beepers, and chimes, cried for a few minutes, and then went out to […]
Virtual Pie Camp Help Needed
Virtual Pie Camp Help Needed Once upon a time, there was a girl who liked to bake. She especially liked to bake pie. She liked to bake pie so much, that she wanted to show others how to do it. She did this for eleven years teaching over 4000 people in cities across the country […]
VIRTUAL PIE CAMP IS COMING
VIRTUAL PIE CAMP IS COMING What a time! So many things are changing and shifting. Baking is one thing I can count on to remain constant in my life and I am greatly heartened to read that so many are returning to the baking counter. I truly wish that you could join me at mine […]
We Need Brownies
We Need Brownies Brownies Sweet moist and dark I crave them I want them You know you want them, too So without further ado Here’s my recipe for you
One Car Family
One Car Family That’s what it feels like right now…the days when families had but one car. There was the scheduling of who needed it…for work, for errands, for recreation with the kids. That last one was mainly on weekends and in the summertime when we got to go swimming at the motel that belonged […]
My Days Are Full
My Days Are Full Right now I think a lot about how I might reinvent myself to restart a cash flow once we get to the other side of the virus. But it doesn’t stop me as there is lots to do. My days are full of cooking, baking, weeding and planting. It’s a rhythm […]
Pie Camp for Pi Day
Pie Camp for Pi Day! As you know, I have been teaching Pie Camp for over eleven years. The many folks who have bellied up to my baking counter, over 4000 now, and the number of pies that have been made by pie campers at camps, not to mention all the ones they make when […]