Bran betters things, in my experience. It aids digestion, adds some extra vitamins to a loaf of bread, and yet it doesn’t weigh the bread down like a heavy wheat flour. This bread has a lovely balance—it is robust and delicate at once. Went great as toast to accompany all the weird international soups I’ve […]
A simple thought to accompany a simple bread—recently I have entertained the notion that aging—life—is all an unfolding. That is, as babies, we emerge into the world tucked and wrinkled like the pages of well-worn, well-loved books crumpled into paper balls. Then, if all goes well, instead of grow, we merely unfold. And if we’re […]
This is not exactly wheat bread, but French bread that has bran flakes, so, shall we say, the bread has wheatishness. The old-dough addition provides some acidity and flavor to what would otherwise be a more typically bland bran bread. Very tasty, and powerfood for the pipes if you happen to have a jazz band […]