I started baking (and geeking!) relatively late in life, when I was looking for stress relief from the pressure of exams at Business School. I soon realized that I enjoyed baking and the "nerdlyfe" far more than any business class I had taken. I thought I'd try to scratch my baking itch with a couple of years in Pastry School; best 2 years of my educational life! However, I realized once I'd graduated with an Honours Diploma in Baking and Pastry Arts Management and started in the culinary world, that professional baking is for the young with better backs and upper body strength, not to mention ability to thrive in the rough and tumble world of a commercial kitchen (Gordon Ramsey's style is alive and well in Canadian professional kitchens too; the accents are different, but the screaming, high-pressure, low pay and long, backbreaking hours are universal). So now I work for a living in Corporate Canada, where the pressure is the same but the sharp knives are more metaphorical, and on evenings and weekends I devote my time to my family and friends, my love of baking, and my nerdy geekiness. I run a small word-of-mouth home bakery, Sweet Surrender Desserts Company, that delivers to the western Greater Toronto Area (Toronto-Niagara region), and I write about and photograph my culinary exploits as well as any nerdy shenanigans I get up to. Come along for the ride with me!