Poet Emily Dickinson Sourc En. Wikipedia A Passion For Baking Emily Dickinson the poet in her time was known for baking, gardening. and not her poetry. A recluse she did not have any poems published until after she died. Emily loved to bake breads, cakes, cookies, pies, and tarts. In fact, she baked all the bread in the family household because her father liked only her baking. The housekeeper quit her job, and Emily took on the task of making the bread for the family daily.