"Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey.

They are home." -Anna Quindlen

Books are so important. They change you... how you think, how you act, and how you see the world around you. Their stories and characters become a part of you and you see them in the world around you. Sometimes, you can even see them in your food. And the best kind of food, is the sweet kind.

Baking is meant to be fun. It's meant to bring joy and make life a bit sweeter. So why not try to take the books you read and make them a bit sweeter too? Make a dessert that you can talk about. Make a dessert that you want to talk about. Share the stories and characters that have shown you their hearts and taken root in yours, by making them sweet.

Tara Orchard has her MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore. She published a collection of short fiction pieces called, Who We Think We Are, and has two other pieces published-- A fiction short short in Brevity by David Galef, and a personal (food) essay on The Baltimore Fishbowl.