And of a sudden, Spring. We took to the streets, chickens too, eyes squinted to allow more space for smile. I went to procure the nearest ice cream cone with which to celebrate Melting Of All Kinds. We break bread and give thanks. Semolina Tartine Bread Adapted from the Tartine Bread book Sourdough 200 […]
Category: Yeast Breads
Sesame Tartine Bread
And miles to go before I sleep/ And miles to go before I sleep. The pentameter of Robert Frost is a lullaby to winter, the journey into a darkened wood that passes farmhouses and lamp posts without relent, a cadence, a rhythm that in itself charms you into the sense that all is well, and […]
Olive You Tartine Bread
Blustered, we were, on the trip to the SF Bay Area this weekend. That is the best way to describe the windy dolldrums of Pooh weather smattering the ships in the harbor and blowing pedestrians up and down the slick, steep sidewalks of downtown. Where better to shelter from the storm than in the welcoming […]
Spelt Cricket Bread
Challenge accepted and well-met! At the last bug-foodie party I went to, a lovely woman named Joy gifted me a sack of Bitty cricket flour and said, “You’re the baker.” She meant for me to invent a bread recipe using cricket flour. Well, here it is, world. Brought it to a dinner party last night […]
Vollkornbrot the Better
The last time I made this hearty German bread, it wasn’t my favorite. This officially is. Wonderful for travel, because I think one slice is nearly a meal. After several weeks on a colorectal surgery service, I have been more than vigilant with my fiber intake. Nightmares of diverticulosis are becoming outpouchings of my REM cycle. […]
Moon and Stars Bread
People often ask me with abject incredulity, You really make all your own bread? How do you have time? There are ways, my friends. And this is one of them: Make one batch of bread dough to use all week. There are two main advantages to this: 1) it is more efficient to make dough […]
Christstollen and Butter-Haiku
A German fellow I have been working with was thrilled when I brought in my latest loaf—stollen, er, “sch-tollen.” He regaled me with the history of the bread, how in Dresden, large stollen loaves would be prepared sometimes weeks in advance of the Advent season and then stored outside under shelters where the elements kept […]
Wild Rice Wheat Bread
It is a jalapeño Christmas tree kind of year. I’m waiting for two little jalapeños to finish growing, and figured, if this thing is going to take up space in my living room, the little peppers might as well keep festive company with the holiday ornaments. Also, haven’t exactly had time to enjoy holiday décor […]
Sour Cream Pumpkin Bundt Cake and The Giver
I think if I watch The Giver movie several more times I’ll have the secret of life. What a well-wrought tale, and beautifully filmed this year. One takeaway for me on this last viewing was to champion the hot and colds real life affords, alternative to the temperate climate of a benign life with its […]
Whole Wheat Challah Back Girl
“Education doesn’t make you happy. Nor does freedom. We don’t become happy just because we’re free – if we are. Or because we’ve been educated – if we have. But because education may be the means by which we realize we are happy. It opens our eyes, our ears, tells us where delights are lurking, […]