Breadhead Alert!

Paula Whyman, aka "curious writer," who guest-blogged here on Madam Mayo about baking for writers, is featured in David Hagedorn's "Chef on Call" column in the Washington Post:

Bethesda resident Paula Whyman calls herself a breadhead, meaning she takes, and bakes, the stuff seriously. The sight of artisanal bread packaged in plastic bags disturbs her. The 43-year-old writer owns a baking stone, a peel, a special tool for slashing dough, a gas range and an electric... READ MORE

Now She Cans: Leslie Pietrzyk in the Washington Post

My amiga and fellow blogista, novelist Leslie Pietrzyk, is featured in the Food section of today's Washington Post in an article by David Hagedorn about her adventures in canning! (A sure way to know where your food comes from--- a subject Madam Mayo is very interested in, thanks to Nina Planck's Real Food, Patricia Klindienst's The Earth Knows My Name, the DVD The Future of Food, and the recent pet food recall scandal, not to mention the absolutely luscious farmers markets all around DC.)