For Christmas, I asked for the Fat Witch Brownies cookbook. With a subtitle that reads: Brownies, Blondies, and Bars from New York's Legendary Fat Witch Bakery...how could I resist? As it turns out, the owner and author, Patricia Helding, is my homegirl in so many ways. Aside from the fact that she is a successful big city bakery owner, Ms. Helding is also a banker turned baker! She worked on Wall Street as a trader before taking the plunge and pursuing her passion: brownies. (Sidenote: Yes, brownies can be some one's passion.) Let's be honest here. I think most of us prefer indulging in chocolately goodness to the "BUY!...NOOOO!!!...SELL!" craziness that is the New York Stock Exchange. But maybe not. And that's what makes the world go round. But the point is that she had the cojones to go through with it. And now look at her. Opening bakeries, writing cookbooks, and even getting blogged about right here.
