"Baking happens with ingredients that last for months and come to life inside a warm oven. Baking is slow and leisurely."

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The measuring and mixing always smoothed out her thinking processes - nothing was as calming as creaming butter - and when the kitchen was warm from the oven overheating and the smell of baking chocolate, she took final stock of where she'd been and where she was going. Everything was fine.

— Jennifer Crusie