Dessert Can Save the World

What I loved about this book is completely different from what I expected.

I am a baker and I love to make desserts, so I thought I'd be scribbling down recipes and jotting down ideas for making desserts.

But, no, Tosi's ideas for desserts are completely different from mine, and I'm not really interested in making any of the recipes she included in this book.

Why, then, did I like this book so much?

I like Tosi's philosophy of baking, and, really, of living. Tosi's mom taught her to live for others, to live exuberantly, to be all-in. When she was little, Tosi began to experiment with baking, seeing what happened when you add, say, orange juice, to a mix. Tosi had many more failures than successes, but she learned about ingredients and combinations of ingredients, and, maybe most importantly, she had fun. And it was her mom who taught Tosi to make small things celebrations—boy, I like her mom.

I want to keep the idea of joy trails, of celebrations of small things every day, of milkshake moments from this book.

Let me save some quotes here, to remind myself, to share with others.

“Joy begets joy, nice begets nice. She (Tosi's mom) believes with her whole heart that if you do something lovely and thoughtful for someone–especially when it's unexpected–they'll realize how good that feels, and they will start doing the same for others.”

“This small act of thoughtfulness hit the heartstrings that quietly ask, Who's taking care of you? Who's thinking of you?”