Happy Autumn!

Boy, it's been a while since I last posted.  I apologize for my lack of verbosity, and will attempt to make amends by filling this sentence with pedantic-sounding words.

Now that I've done that, here's a little catch-up.

We celebrated the beginning of fall in Edmonton this year, where the days were warm and the nights were cool.  Autumn was definitely in the air!  I think it's my favourite time of year -- or rather, that it would be, if it weren't for how soggy it is here on the West Coast.  I have dreams of experiencing an autumn that looks something like this

instead of something like this

I'm sure you can all see the appeal in the first picture.

However, regardless of the weather, fall does bring with it increased opportunities to bake.  This fall my goal is to find a bread recipe that The Man will actually eat and enjoy.  I grew up eating homemade bread, and one of my favourite smells is the smell of freshly-baked (or freshly baking) bread.  In fact, the fresh-baked bread smell is what my mum swears sold one of her homes, so I must not be alone in this.  I'll keep you all posted on my progress, anyway, as I go through what I'm sure will be hundreds of recipes, one at a time.

Fall also means non-baking comfort food.  I think that pretty well anything that comes out of the oven qualifies as comfort food, but I especially look forward to soups, stews, and casseroles.  Besides not eating much bread, The Man also doesn't eat much soup, so I hope to find some recipes that he can -- or rather, will -- eat enthusiastically.

Food posts also means that I will delve into food photography this year.  Yikes!  Photography has never been one of my skills, so bear with me.

I think that pretty well catches up on the important things.  The next post will, I promise, be much closer to this post than this post was to the last.