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Crackly Crust

It’s out there, elusive, teasing me with crispy crackling sound, flaking crust, nutty and wheaty nose and a rich creamy crumb.  The ideal rustic bread is something I’ve been crowing about for a long time on this blog.  I realized

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Revelation!

Loyal readers will know of my long quest for the perfect rustic bread.  The recipes and techniques I’ve used have always led to breads that have good taste, but lack the large open structure, satisfying chew, and crunchy crust that

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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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Back to Basics

Last night I made rustic bread.  This is the same recipe I’ve been tweaking and working on for the past year.  Towards the end of the life of the old oven, those breads came out pale and pillowy soft, which

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Genesis

No, not the plaintive band led by hair-loss champion Phil Collins.  I’m talking about the first loaf of bread I made, July 2008.  Hard to believe it’s only been a year.  I have remembered that I thought that was one

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The Freshmaker

A while ago I posted about trying to only buy groceries from the perimeter of the store.  It turned out to be easier than I thought.  On my last trip, I managed to buy all but two products from the

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Summer Fun

Casa Soutowood pool is officially open for the summer.  We had a party on Saturday to celebrate a bunch of men in wigs signing a piece of parchment.  We celebrated by grilling meats and consuming beer and soda.  This is

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Hot vs. Cold

It was hot this weekend.  I have a cold.  Seems those things should go together, but they do.  I got it from Baby Harbat, then passed it to my wife.  BH just has a cough now, but I got the

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Return to Manna

It feels good to be baking again.  I took a one-week hiatus while out of town.  There’s something about mixing ingredients, kneading dough, and tending to it like a parent, that it soothing in its ritualism.  It puts me in

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[scrrrreeeech!]

Godzilla That is my battle scream of frustration.  Last night I threw out all my multigrain and whole wheat sponges because I accidentally left them out all day.  I wasn’t worried about the one with just water, but the other

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