OSI: Jessica from My Baking Heart

Hi fellow TWD’ers.

Today we are going to learn all about Jessica from My Baking Heart.

Jessica picked today’s Parisian Apple Tartlets.

I just loved these tartlets.

Thanks so much for picking this week.

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1.  When did you start baking?

I helped my mom off and on when I was younger, but I didn’t really become obsessed with it until about 2 years ago. Yes, I said obsessed.

2.  What is your favorite kitchen tool?

Bertha, my Ice Blue KASM. She and I have been through a lot…

3.  Which TWD blog is your favorite?

I have hundreds of favorites, and I absolutely love the photos on a few specific blogs, but I don’t want to hurt any feelings. I’ll just say that ‘My Baking Heart’ is my favorite… :)

4.  What has been your favorite TWD recipe so far?

The Pumpkin Muffins & the Granola Grabbers. Fall is my absolute favorite season and these two recipes made Autumn ’08 even better!

5.  What TWD recipe has been a dud for you?

Oh, my… the Two-fer Pie and the French Pear Tart. The Two-fer Pie wouldn’t even come out of the pie plate and the tart crust burned to a crisp, resulting in a very ugly little tart. :(

6.  Which recipe are you dying to make that no one has picked yet?

The Cranberry-Lime Galette… I went back and forth between this and the Apple Tartlet!!

7.  If you could live anywhere in the world for a year, where would it be?

I’d move back to Fort Worth in a heartbeat. Or Santa Fe… I love it out there.

8. If you knew you could try anything and not fail (and money was no object), what would you attempt?

I’d open my own wedding/event planning business or enroll at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris.

9.  If you could have a superpower, which one would it be, and why?

Mind reading… so that I could know what everyone’s thinking about me when my back’s turned. :)

10.  If you had a day to yourself, what would you do?

I’d definitely get a massage, first thing. Maybe a little retail therapy (preferably antique shopping) with a Decaf Americano. Then I’d grab a good book and head out to the lake to read.

11.  What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?

Sehk-wee-bvee (Sec-wee-vee)… a Native American dish which consists of cow or buffalo intestines stuffed with meat. And no, even though I’m 3/8 Comanche, I didn’t like it.

12.  What kitchen tool would you purchase for yourself if money were no object?

A 21st century oven… preferably a double, with a warming drawer.

13.  Give us three adjectives to describe yourself.

Thoughtful, silly & devoted.

14.  What spice do you use over and over again?

Cinnamon. Om nom nom.

15.  When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

An athletic trainer for the Texas Rangers… and I came close, but only got as far as the Advertising Department!