When we were little, the ceremonial taking down of the gigantic mixing bowl from that unreachable corner of the kitchen filled us with unparalleled excitement.
Not only did it signify that sweet treats were imminent, but we’d also get to lick the saccharine remnants if we were lucky. It was almost as though the sugar rush hit Pavlovian-style at the mere sight of the mixing bowl, before the baking journey ever began.
