First: thank you.

Hope everyone had a merry Christmas and/or a Happy New Year! I have over 200 comments and questions waiting for me this morning so don’t mind if I don’t post too much my first day back. However let me say thanks so much for all the well wishes I’ve received these past few weeks. Several generous gifts also found their way into the tip jar. A proper thank you will be coming to all who donated, but let me say a pre-thanks right now to all you generous folks out there. The funds I received will help me make good on my New Year’s resolution: keeping the kitchen at least minimally stocked so Mrs. Pastry doesn’t have to keep facing the frustration of an ever-empty fridge. She’s such a pretty, dainty little thing, she shouldn’t have to curse like a sailor for want of a single egg.

I also want to ask anyone who may have donated to the site over the past year and didn’t get a personal thank-you to please makes yourself known. There’s no excuse for ingratitude, crazy as things sometimes get around here. I appreciate every tip no matter how small. Now let’s get this 2015 thing into gear!