Sometimes it just hits you. And by ‘it’ I mean that brick a mason just nudged off a ledge with his boot forty feet above you. Other times, inspiration hits you. For me, inspiration comes from applying things I already…
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Banneton
I know, you’re thinking of that weird European store with the asexual models, but I’m talking about bread proofing baskets. These have been on my wish list for a long time but have always been something of a luxury. Sure,…
Pizza, Done Right
Here’s the first pizza I ever made, from stem to stern, crust to toppings, all handmade: I still think about the taste: peppery olive oil, fragrant thyme, and the pleasing bite of a partially charred onion. What made it so…
Cream Scones
Happy Friday and here’s a little something to civilize your weekend, you unwashed heathens. Cream scones are up on the bread page, and even you rebellious tea-dumpers in the colonies should be able to make it yourselves. In half an…
Irish Soda Bread
There’s something new in the bread section: Irish soda bread. My ancestry is from Scotland but I’m willing to concede that some good things have come out of the Emerald Isle, and soda bread is one of them. I love…
New Bread! New Bread!
I’ve been hemming, hawing, and chawing about whether to reveal my secret San Diego sourdough recipe for the Handmade audience. Then I remembered the “audience” is made up of a few people who stumbled onto the site looking for something…
Boo!
It’s freaky Friday and that means there’s a pery punny post in the bread section. The No-Knead Undead Ciabatta is up here to delight, horrify, titillate, and whatever else makes your tires squeal. If you’ve never baked bread before, try…
A Note to My Readers
I know you are out there, loyal readers. You’re coming from all over the world to watch me botch home improvement projects, struggle with parenting, and try to reach the thousand-loaf mark in my search for the perfect crusty bread. …
Bread and Education
They go together like bread and…butter. You’ll see. Picture 1213 Let’s start with a loaf of Scottish oat bread. Simple brown bread, but is it? I can teach Toddler Harbat how to mix the ingredients, the order of rising, forming,…
Animal, Vegetable, Haranguing Lecture
I finally finished Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I’ll start by saying I had high hopes for the book. For an entire year she and her family committed to local sustainable food, most of it grown and harvested themselves. Now…
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