Homemade marshmallows seemed so Martha, but it was hard to consider myself a well-rounded baker and cook without a little more candy-making under my belt. Right in the middle of a pastry program a few years ago, I had to leave school for work reasons - and they weren't even good work reasons. I missed the quarter that included sugar work, some of the most intimidating work in the pastry kitchen, and I've been slow to get back to my studies (all of which I do at home now).
