In the interest of getting the contest prize out to the winner before Thanksgiving, I’m going to be ending the contest early. Everyone leave a comment on this post by tonight at midnight PST (so you East Coasters get an…
Yearly Archives: 2009
Bread Week is Coming
Thanksgiving is a time of food, business in the kitchen, and post-meal comas. Every year my wife and I overextend ourselves by attempting at least a half dozen untried and complicated recipes, so by the time the meal rolls around,…
Pizza is Where it At
By ignoring all rules of grammar and the basics of the English language, I can make my blog post title sound cool and urban. If I was a marketing wonk, I’d say my blog title skews young, hitting key hip-hop…
Contest Rules Modified
Hi everyone! Great responses so far and my head is spinning with the possibilities. In the interest of making it fair for everyone, and to keep the delicious bread nominations rolling in, I'm modifying the rules slightly. [doges thrown tomato] …
Bread Contest
PS_019 Everyone sharpen your pencils, it’s contest time! The first Aurora Bakery contest is about to begin. Based on the overwhelming sales of the cranberry-walnut brioche braid, it’s obvious that I don’t have a clue what bread is actually going…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: aurora bakery, bread contest, cranberry walnut braid, hiivaleipa
Bread and Horror
Last night I whipped up two batches of cranberry walnut brioche. I used ten eggs and one pound of butter. Hey, nobody said this was health food. But I contend that because it doesn’t use any unpronounceable ingredients, it is…
No Grubs Here!
I think some people may have been put off by my last post. I can assure you that there are no maggots or grubs in this posting. It is squirm free!* The cranberry walnut brioche is selling like…well, I’d say…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: baby harbat, brioche, claudia schiffer, gauloises, lamprey, zut alors
Items of a Squirmy Nature
I came home last night to find a maggot hanging from the kitchen ceiling. I’m no entomologist, so maybe it was another kind of grub, but it was white, squirmy, and right at eye level. For the sake of my…
Ain’t Caffeine Great?
Saturday morning my wife got to sleep in and I got up with Baby Harbat. With breakfast I made a pot of chai. Then made a fire in the fireplace—after all, it’s the only time of day when it’s cold…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: artisan bread in five minutes a day, baby harbat, bread, crypt keeper, hannah montana
Feast!
Ecce panem nostrum quotidianum! Picture 1035 Picture 1033 This brioche is as rich as it looks, flaky and with just enough sweetness. I was worried the cranberries and walnuts would leach out odd colors into the dough but it turned…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: aurora bakery, brioche, panem nostrum quotidianum, potato rosemary bread
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