Bake it Till
You Make It
Bake it Till You Make it LLC is a community based organization that uses food and baking to harvest authentic mental health conversation in the kitchen, around the table and beyond. Through the creation of five mental health cookbooks, the facilitation of workshops and events as well as the inception of a variety of media projects, Bake it Till You Make it is committed to modeling authentic recovery and celebrating the power of healing.
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Bake it Till You Make it: Breaking Bread, Building Resilience is the first of its kind mental health and resilience cookbook. The book tells the inspirational and resilient stories of over forty people, from all different backgrounds, who have overcome major life challenges. Each story is accompanied by a baking recipe chosen by the contributor. The book features mental health resource pages, complete with a self-care guide and information on how to become a mental health ally.
For further inquiries about getting “Bake it Till You Make it” in your bookstore or gift shop, please email: bakeitcookbook@gmail.com.
Mix, Melt, Mend: Owning My Story and Finding my Freedom, is the authentic account of the journey of Dayna Altman. Dayna, a mental health advocate, is the creator of “Bake it Till You Make it,” which published the first of its kind mental health and resilience cookbook Bake it Till You Make it: Breaking Bread, Building Resilience. In Mix, Melt, Mend, Dayna tells her own story in the framework of a cake pop recipe.
For further inquiries about getting "Mix, Melt, Mend” in your bookstore or gift shop, please email: bakeitcookbook@gmail.com.
For further inquiries about getting “Bake it Till You Make it” in your bookstore or gift shop, please email: bakeitcookbook@gmail.com.
Watch Me Rise: Recipes for Bread, Poems for Growth is a collection of poems and recipes that examine the hope, heartbreak and healing that accompanies mental health recovery. Created by mental health advocate Dayna Altman of Bake it Till You Make it LLC, Watch Me Rise follows the growth and development of bread recipes as a tool to mirror the growth and development that comes with healing and living with mental illness. Poem topics range from depression, eating disorders, living with OCD, managing medication, surviving sexual violence and finding a voice in a world that so often leaves us feeling like we have to be quiet. The recipes in the book span levels of difficulty and include banana bread, soft pretzels and rainbow bagels, among others. All poems are illustrated by members of the Bake it Till You Make it community.
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For further inquiries about getting “Bake it Till You Make it” in your bookstore or gift shop, please email: bakeitcookbook@gmail.com.
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Crumbled Not Broken: Embracing the Mess in Healing and Baking is a collection of poems and cookie recipes that celebrate the growth, acceptance, heartbreak and healing that comes with honoring all parts of ourselves we once felt were broken. Created by mental health advocate and entrepreneur, Dayna Altman of Bake it Till You Make it LLC, Crumbled Not Broken covers topics of personal battles with depression, an eating disorder, living with OCD, emetophobia, surviving sexual violence, among others.
The poems in this book honor both the beautiful and the messy parts of mental health recovery as well as the journey to find one's voice in a world that so often leaves us quiet. All poems have been illustrated by members of the Bake it Till You Make it community.
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