My Story

Hi, I’m Korissa.

Welcome to The Daily Knead — where every story starts with a little flour, a little imagination, and usually a little bit of magic.

The Daily Knead began with something simple: my love of baking. There is something about making food from scratch that has always felt a little magical to me. Flour, water, time, and patience can become something completely different — something warm, comforting, and meant to be shared.

Somewhere along the way, I realized that writing feels a lot like baking. You begin with an idea. You give it time. You let it become what it was meant to be. So The Daily Knead grew. Today, it is the home of both sides of my creative life: my bakery and my books.

In the kitchen, I create sourdough breads, cakes, cupcakes, and desserts with a little personality and a little unexpected magic. I believe homemade food should feel special — the kind of thing that makes someone stop for a moment and enjoy where they are.

At my desk, I create worlds. My stories are filled with old houses, complicated families, love, memory, strange connections, and the possibility that there may be more magic around us than we realize.

My first novel, The Houses of Vale, grew from that idea — that places can hold memories, that love can leave traces behind, and that sometimes a house might remember us before we remember ourselves.

The Daily Knead is where those two worlds meet.

A bakery.
A bookstore.
And a place for everything I create next.

I’m so glad you found your way here! Welcome to the Wild Yeast Witchery, I've been expecting you.

— Korissa