Hetty Vorderman

Hetty Vorderman is 35 years old and has owned and operated Hetty Arts Pastry, a pastry kitchen with a little pastry truck, since 2015. The pastry arts are truly her career, her hobby, and her pastime but outside of that she loves spending time with her family and friends exploring new spots in Fort Wayne. A Netherlands-born native, she now proudly calls Fort Wayne her forever home.

What are you currently reading?

I am a listener gal all the way—audio books exclusively. That’s not to say that I don’t have a huge bookshelf of baking and pastry books and magazines that I love to leaf through. But the reality is that I am a solopreneur and that means I spend a lot of time working independently with no one around to talk to. Audio books allow me to learn things while also doing what I do best: baking.

I am currently listening to “Green Lights” by Matthew McConaughey. I learned about it through one of my other favorite things to listen to, podcasts. The ladies over at “Even the Rich” were chatting about the book and my interest piqued right away as Matthew is simply a fascinating personality, even more so the older he gets, those good looks aside! I am very much enjoying it. Matthew is quirky, funny in self-loving ways, doesn’t inhibit personality traits that other people might find ‘odd’, and truly narrates the book in a way that makes it sound like you’re watching one of his best movies. There’s tons of self-discovery and reflection on what he was like when he was younger and why and how it shaped him into who he is today. And lots of it is unconventional, which I love.

What was your favorite book as a child?

A read along book! Are you surprised? Ha! While I unfortunately don’t remember its title and author, I’m not sure it really matters because it was a Dutch book written and read by a Dutch author, so I’m not sure a lot of Glo readers would be interested in looking for it. My family and I moved to the U.S. when I was thirteen, and I don’t think the book and cassette made their way [with us]. The story was about a small town that had a communal copper pot full of brown sugar pudding and there was so much of it that the residents couldn’t keep up with eating it and it flowed all through the streets and everywhere else too. It really combined my true loves to this day – listening to books and sweets!

What’s your favorite genre?

I am a huge fan of non-fiction. I try to be open to fictional popular books that everyone seems to be reading between Instagram and TikTok but I just can’t get into it! Autobiographies, biographies, and memoirs are my very favorite. So many people live such interesting lives with wild twists and turns that we ourselves may never experience. Some people overcome the most difficult things and come out of it kinder and wiser than I’ll ever be. I really like listening to that because it reminds me how fortunate I am and how I can forever continue to chip away at who I am and who I’d like to become. I’m not perfect, nor is anyone else, and people’s stories that convey that notion but also show how to look beyond that and find happiness really do it for me. a