Yesterday I calculated out my ingredient costs for bread. My forehead did not get very sweaty, despite such ‘solve for X’ problems as figuring out the per teaspoon costs of honey or yeast, when such things are sold by weight. …
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Butt Jet
Last night my wife and I did what hundreds of millions of people worldwide do. No, I’m not talking about that. We looked at our paychecks and bills, and tried to figure out a way to make sure we are…
Ouchie
Baby Harbat took a spill this weekend. We were at the aquarium and she was Very Excited by all the fish. She took off down a concrete ramp outside, running full speed. I’ve never seen her feet that high off…
Fakeburger
This just in! I made a portobello mushroom "burger" on Saturday, and though it looked like dessicated elephant butt, it tasted just like a hamburger. While eating it, I forgot it wasn't a hamburger, which either says bad things about…
Conundrums? Conundrii?
If only I lived in the U.K., I could be celebrating Early May Bank Holiday. Rather, I would be celebrating because my bankers were too busy celebrating to slap me with another bank fee. When did it become fashionable to…
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First Day of School
I am now officially a baker’s apprentice. I got in touch with one of the high-end artisan bakeries in town and set up a time this morning to come in and meet the master baker. This guy is a class…
Sponge Worthy
It has come to this. I am now bringing bread ingredients to work. I’m making a rustic bread tonight and my biga sponge starter needs to stay in the fridge, but not too long, and then be out of the…
MP-Whee
I have an old mp3 player. There, I said it, I’m not ashamed. That much. It’s a brick of a thing made by Dell. It actually has 15 GB of space, but weighs as much as a Kenworth transaxle and…
Bread-u-cation
Hello to all my new readers! I’m seeing hits from India and Australia. Welcome to my small and bread-filled world. This week has been especially busy. Last night I got on the phone with a friend, hooked on my Bluetooth,…
Taking it to the Next Level
This blog title feels like a Smoove B column, but I still think it applies. For the past several months, I’ve been driving by a building that used to be a Barbecues Galore. No more. It shut down and…
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