French Toast or Cinnamon Streusele Muffins

Rachel Hauck baking, cooking, French Toast Muffins, recipes, Simply Homemade Chef 2 Comments

My dear sister-in-law made these for Thanksgiving week at my mom’s and they were yummy. Check out her web site, Simply Homemade Chef, for more awesome recipes. She’s a nutrition expert and personal chef. Soooo proud…. These have made an appearance twice in the past week. Of course, they are best fresh out of the oven but re-heat nicely with …

Writing about food

Rachel Hauck baking, cakes, Christmastime, cookies, cooking, food, Judith Jones, Julia Child, Molly Wizenberg, recipes, Suzan Colon, writing a book 7 Comments

I’m writing about a character who can’t cook, but food is central to her world. It’s challenging — not only to write a sympathetic engaging character, but one who lives in the foodie world but does not feel apart. In that way, Joy is very much like me. But how do I show it? I don’t get the foodie world. …