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At Least I Can Still Bake

It’s reassuring to know that, despite my faults and impatience, my inability to clean the house without grumbling, and scathing reviews of most drivers on the road (honestly, it’s just rain!  Move!) I can still put together a trio of

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Plop Plop Fizz Fizz

When I was growing up, my brother and I used the “plop plop fizz fizz” phrase to describe the sound of solid waste dropping into a toilet.  Yes, boys are VERY mature.  Now, both of us in our thirties, just

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Time for a New Tack

Disappointment.  There’s my one-word summary of the rustic bread I cut open last night.  From the outside, it had so much promise:  big bubbles, deep brown crust.  But the crumb was tight and uniform.  And it didn’t have enough salt.

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Levi and Bread

I am so excited that Levi Johnston is weighing in on Alaskan politics!  If somehow you don’t remember, he’s the dude who knocked up Sarah Palin’s daughter then did the manly thing and decided not to marry her after all. 

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Summer! Summer! Summer!

June gloom disappeared yesterday and left San Diego with bright sunny skies and warm weather.  For those who don’t know, June Gloom is the period (along with May Gray) when morning fog often lingers until afternoon or sometimes all day. 

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Panem Nostrum Quotidianum

I can’t wait to get home and try this.  It edged out cinnamon raisin as the best-smelling bread in the oven—wheat, honey, and grain caramelizing in a perfume that made my head spin.  Here is my daily bread:  whole wheat

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Brot

Last night’s baking went smoothly, despite my attempts to derail the process with stupidity.  I found out I didn’t add half the liquid to the whole wheat soaker, so it was more of a damper.  That’s okay!  Both whole wheat

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