Hello There!
My name is Kelsey, and I am the baker behind Mari!
I bake with appreciation (and in celebration!) of the collective effort required to make baking possible. Someone out there has to grow that wheat and pick that berry so that I can turn my scribbles and notes into a tea cake or a turnover. There is something so special about baking with ingredients that were grown where I live. By working with local partners, I am given the opportunity to meet and thank my collaborators by name, and the food that I make is the product of an entire community. I wouldn’t be much without locally grown fruit!
Baking is a lot of things. It’s a means to be curious and a medium to cultivate joy. It incites a sense of wonder – try not to get giggly over a perfect raspberry I dare you! Baking is an endless adventure in curiosity and learning. It is the place where technical skill meets cartoon food magnetism. Mari is a place where I can explore all of what baking is. My goal is for Mari to become for others what it has always been for me- A BAKERY DREAM LAND.
Thank you for giving this baker the opportunity to be your birthday cake, your familiar face,
your daily snack, and your treat after a long week. Glad you stopped by. See you soon. <3
-Kelsey
