About my home bakery…
Post and Beam cookies
Post and Beam cookies are single-batch, one cookie sheet at a time treats, baked in my cozy Vermont kitchen. Located in the Connecticut River Valley, local farms and food-crafters provide easy access to fresh and tasty ingredients. I've created artisan cookie recipes that reflect combinations of seasonal and home-hearth flavors that are intended to appeal to the sweet tooth in each of us.
About Joanna Waldman
I enjoy baking and experimenting with the variety of flavors and textures that can be combined in such a small quantity of dough. My intent is that the process of experimenting with a fusion of flavors results in a cookie that has an overall pleasurable flavor, and includes ingredients that awaken many taste buds.
How the Cookies Came to Be
Post and Beam cookies have been generated from a community of family, friends and colleagues who have tasted, supported and encouraged me to produce them during the past ten years.
When I was a Graduate student at Lesley University, my cohort of students spent intensive weekends together every month. I discovered that baking provided me with a creative outlet while responding to the demands of juggling teaching and course work. My friends in the cohort were an eager audience for my cookies, providing feedback and inspiration, encouraging me to pursue baking . In addition, my Vermont teaching colleagues were a steady tasting audience, tasting new flavors, and offering their feedback to fine tune my recipes.
The Family Connection
My family are loyal and honest cookie taste testers. They gladly taste dozens of samples and provide me with valuable feedback and ideas for new cookie flavors. My son Aaron, who lives in Northampton, MA, is the graphic designer who conceived of the Post and Beam logo, custom font, and the look-n-feel of the website in his creative studio. His creative wit and humor accentuate the style of the eye catching cookie labels and packaging. Jesse, my younger son, who teaches in Brooklyn, and my husband James, have been an ongoing inspiration for the growth and evolution of my small-batch cookie business. James is my bff and web ninja.