::: Greetings and Salutations :::

Welcome to Ritual Pastry!

Ritual Pastry is a vegan baking blog dedicated to my vegan baking recipes, tips, guides and more. As a professional vegan baker for over 10 years I have developed countless recipes and acquired some great techniques that I am looking forward to sharing with you. In addition to taking on my tried + true recipes we will be experimenting and getting creative with decoration and flavors. Baking is a ritual for me, creatively and obsessively. I am an artist and gardener, both which inform and inspire my baking. You will find the strange and unusual here, so let’s get weird.

An intro to me: Hey there, my name is Kristen and I live in Chicago with my partner Mark and my french bulldog, Frankie. We just bought our first home and we have been pouring ourselves into making it our own, including cultivating an amazing vegetable garden. There is something sacred about adhering to the moon cycles to grow my plants from seed. Nature and art inform my baking. I bake seasonally and gather inspiration from nature. I went to school for photography, illustration and design. Some of what inspires me : Man Ray + surrealism, low brow art, the occult, 1970s, true crime, nature and heavy metal.

It is no coincidence that this post falls on Mabon the Autumnal equinox, and the beginning of the greatest time of year, Halloween. For the entire month I will be baking and sharing Fall & Halloween inspired treats and desserts. This Thursday my first recipe will be released! Here’s a tiny hint, it is a fall breakfast treat you don’t want to miss. Stay tuned to my stories all week on Instagram for more updates! See you back here Thursday!

xx – Kristen