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I’m making banana muffins from Sally’s Baking Addiction (she is everything to me) and I always have to write recipes down like this because I have brain damage.
This apron was my grandmother’s! She made it herself and the embroidery is obviously coming apart after probably like 60-70 years. It always makes me feel close to her because she loved baking 🥹🫶
Sep 2, 2024
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i'm covered in flour, feeling italian or french, idk
when the banana bread was done i just sort of rinsed things out and started on the next thing (brioche)
i got wood oil on one pair of cozy shorts out of the two i brought to norway
but life is short! create things!
Jun 6, 2024
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I'm really going to get a reputation on here for this sourdough thing. I swear it hasn't been as all consuming as it seems. But my undergrad mentor gave me some of her sourdough starter when I wanted to get into it (which was so nice) and then I made sourdough focaccia for a year or so because I didn't have time and energy to learn the real thing.
So now, post-grad, I'm sending her photos of the loaf she helped create, and she excitedly was like that looks beautiful, mine haven't been going so well, send your recipe.
But I got the recipe from my cousin after also giving her some starter, so the whole thing has created this fun little chain of interactions. So I asked my cousin to send the recipe but started writing up what I remembered doing anyways as well. And then I got the idea to format it like the protocols my mentor and I had used and I'm going to send it to her like that (probably also with the link because I have made one loaf really).
tldr: My research mentor gave me sourdough starter a year ago and now I'm giving her a formatted protocol of a sourdough recipe because I'm a nerd and I like it.
Feb 18, 2025
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i love messy imprecise baking. i sorta measure but it isn't perfect and i don't have the "right" tools. i don't think baking was ever meant to be a scrutinous science. women have baked for years n decades n centuries n made wonderful food for their families without gram scales or 200 dollar mixers. i use a metal chopstick i stole from a restaurant when i was 19 to mix my dough for bread. it works just fine. baking should be cheap and easy and fun and tasty
Jul 23, 2024
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My dad teases me about how when I was a little kid, my favorite thing to do when I was on the landline phone with somebody—be it a relative or one of my best friends—was to breathlessly describe the things that were in my bedroom so that they could have a mental picture of everything I loved and chose to surround myself with, and where I sat at that moment in time. Perfectly Imperfect reminds me of that so thanks for always listening and for sharing with me too 💌
Feb 23, 2025
Schedule sent my resignation email for the morning, effective immediately ✅💅
Feb 27, 2025
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I’ve been thinking about how much of social media is centered around curating our self-image. When selfies first became popular, they were dismissed as vain and vapid—a critique often rooted in misogyny—but now, the way we craft our online selves feels more like creating monuments.
We try to signal our individuality, hoping to be seen and understood, but ironically, I think this widens the gap between how others perceive us and who we really are. Instead of fostering connection, it can invite projection and misinterpretation—preconceived notions, prefab labels, and stereotypes. Worse, individuality has become branded and commodified, reducing our identities to products for others to consume.
On most platforms, validation often comes from how well you can curate and present your image—selfies, aesthetic branding, and lifestyle content tend to dominate. High engagement is tied to visibility, not necessarily depth or substance. But I think spaces like PI.FYI show that there’s another way: where connection is built on shared ideas, tastes, and interests rather than surface-level content. It’s refreshing to be part of a community that values thoughts over optics.
By sharing so few images of myself, I’ve found that it gives others room to focus on my ideas and voice. When I do share an image, it feels intentional—something that contributes to the story I want to tell rather than defining it. Sharing less allows me to express who I am beyond appearance.
For women, especially, sharing less can be a radical act in a world where the default is to objectify ourselves. It resists the pressure to center appearance, focusing instead on what truly matters: our thoughts, voices, and authenticity. I’ve posted a handful of pictures of myself in 2,500 posts because I care more about showing who I am than how I look.
In trying to be seen, are we making it harder for others to truly know us? It’s a question worth considering.
Dec 27, 2024