February 2012 posts

 
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Coconut Milk Shroves and Coconut Chicken Curry (BTFF)
summary: recipe for roti jala based on a recipe in FlatBreads and Flavors by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid; coconut chicken curry is great with roti jala; information about Baking Through Flatbreads and Flavors (BTFF)

Thursday, 16 February 2012
Pop the cork – we're making Biscotti Picanti (BBB February 2012)
summary: recipe for Biscotti Picanti (Sicilian-style rusks made with white wine and flavoured with fennel and sesame seeds) based on a recipe by Anissa Helou; Bread Baking Babes 4th anniversary;

Monday, 13 February 2012
Got Mahlep? Make Choreg! (bookmarked recipe)
summary: recipe for choreg (Armenian-style bread stuffed with dates); new spice (for me) mahlap; information about Bookmarked Recipes and YeastSpotting

Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Catching up: Chinese Flower Steam Buns (BBB September 2009)
summary: recipe for Steamed Flower Rolls based on the recipes for Xiang Cong Hya Juan Bao (Chinese flower steam buns) in "Global Baker" by Dean Brettschneider and Flower Rolls (huajuan) in "Mrs. Chiang's Szechwan Cookbook" by Ellen Schrecker;

Wednesday, 1 February 2012
More Leek and Potato Soup Please!
summary: recipe for leek and potato soup

Oh yay... etherwork.net offline again....

edit 12:29pm:
I'm happy to report that my real blog is once again online. I don't know when it returned, nor why it was out. I'm just glad it's back.

Maybe it had something to do with "Monday the 13th"....

earlier today:
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The webhost for my real blog on etherwork.net is offline AGAIN. I have no idea how long it has been offline, nor when it will return.

As always, the way to know whether etherwork is back online is to refresh this page. If you see a leafy image at the top of the page, then you can access the real blog.

January 2012 posts

 
Sunday, 29 January 2012
Oooooh, popovers!!
summary: popovers (Yorkshire Pudding) are insanely easy to make;


Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Golden fish curry (Indian-style)
summary: recipe for coconut fish curry; garnishing with toasted peanuts and coconut; we love our Magic Bullet;

Saturday, 21 January 2012
news flash: barley is good!!
summary: mushroom risotto orzotto; removing deep seated prejudices about barley;

Tuesday, 17 January 2012
snowflakes: the good kind
summary: citrus fennel snowflakes; perfect way to use up syrup after candying peel; submission for YeastSpotting;

Monday, 16 January 2012
Cuban Bread in NO time!! (BBB January 2012)
summary: recipe for Cuban Bread based on a recipe by Bernard Clayton; information about Bread Baking Babes

12 Days of Christmas

Monday, 2 January 2012
I ♥ artichoke hearts!
summary: recipe for preserved artichoke hearts; pizza for New Year's Day; Happy New Year!

December 2011 posts

 

12 Days of Christmas

Friday, 30 December 2011
digital "fish soup" bread
summary: "fish soup" bread based on the recipe for Pan Bigio in "The Italian Baker" by Carol Field; measuring ALL the ingredients with a digital scale; submission for YeastSpotting;

Wednesday, 28 December 2011
On the 4th day of Christmas...
summary: 'The 12 Haiku of Christmas' by Warren Baker; Christmas goodies
To window-pane test, or not to window-pane test
summary: window pane testing; using the "precision pocket scale"; is reading the instructions really necessary?

Tuesday, 27 December 2011
I have a new toy!
summary: a thrilling Christmas present: "precision pocket scale" that measures in tenths of grams!!

Saturday, 24 December 2011
Do you hear what I hear?
summary: Merry Christmas to All!!

Advent calendar

Thursday, 22 December 2011
RRrrrrrrrr....
summary: When converting sandwich bread into a two day process, leave the sandwich bread starter on the counter or in the FRIDGE overnight.

Saturday, 17 December 2011
Biscotti, anyone?
summary: photos of candied peel and BBB (Erzatz) Stollen

Friday, 16 December 2011
Candied Citrus Peel and Ersatz Stollen (BBB December 2011)
summary: recipe for candied peel and BBB (Ersatz) Stollen; information about Bread Baking Babes;

November 2011 posts

 
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
You must try Rosanne Pezelli's Ginger Cookies
summary: recipe for BakerBots Baking ginger cookies; black pepper is the magic ingredient;

Monday, 21 November 2011
Braised Vegetables + Food Mill = Rich Velvety Sauce
summary: "Catering Line" stainless steel food mill; making a smooth sauce; hazards of too much Szechwan Pepper;

Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Streusel Potato Coffee Cake – or IS it bread?? (BBB November 2011)
summary: recipe for BBB Streusel Potato Coffee Cake (Kartoffel Kuchen); baking times aren't always correct; information about Bread Baking Babes and YeastSpotting;

Saturday, 12 November 2011
How many whisks does one kitchen need?
summary: we each have our favourite whisks

Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Wordless B&W Wednesday: date bread
summary: an experiment in sepia and b&w; Aunt Shirley's datebread - when my mother and her life-long friend Shirley were 12, they made this date bread for the first of many many times together in Aunt Shirley's mother's kitchen;

Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Catching up: 5 Grain Bread with Walnuts (BBB February 2009)
summary: recipe for 5 Grain Bread with Walnuts; brief review of "The Italian Baker" by Carol Field; information about Bread Baking Babes and Lynn’s High5; submission for YeastSpotting;

October 2011 posts

 
Monday, 31 October 2011
Fougasse BBBuddies (October 2011)
summary: October 2011 Bread Baking Buddies; Hallowe'en fougasse; information about Bread Baking Babes;

Friday, 28 October 2011
Mmmmmm... pie and pear chutney....
summary: meat pie with pear chutney; pear chutney woes; easy fix; information about "Not Far From the Tree"

Thursday, 27 October 2011
This tomato chutney is sweeeeeeeeeet!!
summary: recipe for sweet tomato chutney

Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Wordless B&W Wednesday: two chutneys
summary: an experiment in sepia and b&w; two kinds of chutney: sweet tomato; HOT pear

Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Wordless B&W Wednesday: there are too many empty bowls
Please help fill the bowls. FAO of the UN: Get involved; What we can do about hunger and need;

Sunday, 16 October 2011
Give us this day our daily bread (WBD/WFD 2011)
summary: recipe for Poppy Seed Fougasse ; information about World Bread Day and World Food Day
fougasse IS different from focaccia! (BBB October 2011)
summary: recipe for BBB Fougasse; information about Bread Baking Babes and YeastSpotting;

Thursday, 13 October 2011
Amazing Sandwich Bread
summary: interestingly shaped bread; what to do with dough that has over-risen overnight; make sure there’s plenty of flour under shaped bread before transferring to the oven;

Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Wordless B&W Wednesday: Is it Indian Summer?
summary: Ooops!! experiments in sepia and black and white; bread dough mixed late last night and left to rise overnight in the unheated section of the house by the back door; it's not as cool at night as we thought;

Thursday, 6 October 2011
RED apple sauce
summary: Apple Sauce; necessity is the mother of invention; “Joy of Cooking” always comes through on the basics.

Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Catching up: Croissants and Pain au Chocolat (BBB January 2009)
summary: recipe for Croissants and Pain au Chocolat; getting rid of unwelcome visitors; information about Bread Baking Babes and Lynn's High5; submission for YeastSpotting;
Wordless B&W Wednesday: Breakfast of Champions
summary: an experiment in sepia and b&w; Breakfast of Champions: cafe au lait, croissant, pain au chocolat and home-made apricot jam

Today is World Food Day

 
World Food Day (WFD) - 16 October 2011

World Food Day is an annual event put together by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to raise funds to feed the world's chronically hungry.

[T]here have never been so many hungry people in the world.

- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2010

World Food Day is on October 16 to remind us that every day there are empty bowls and critically hungry people world wide.

Let's make every day World Food Day.

• blog from OUR kitchen WFD posts:
  » Give us this day our daily bread (WBD/WFD 2011)
  » Masala Dosa and a Reminder; Dragon Tail Baguettes (WBD/WFD); Broa – Portuguese Corn Bread (BBB October 2010); Event Announcement: World Food Day (2010)
  » A billion for a billion (2009)
  » the staff of life (2008)
  
• UN World Food Program:
  » A billion for a billion
  » FAO of the UN: Imagine achieving food security in times of crisis
  » 10 things you can do to fight hunger

Acute hunger or starvation are often highlighted on TV screens [...] These situations are the result of high profile crises like war or natural disasters, which starve a population of food, yet emergencies account for less than eight percent of hunger's victims. [...] Daily undernourishment is a less visible form of hunger - but it affects many more people [...] By 2001-2003, the total number of undernourished people worldwide had risen to 854 million and the latest figure is 925 million.

Today, almost one person in six does not get enough food to be healthy and lead an active life, making hunger and malnutrition the number one risk to health worldwide - greater than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.

- UN World Food Program, Hunger FAQs

WFP Hunger Map 2011 Undernourished: Blue <5%; Yellow 5-9%; Orange 10-19%; Red 20-34% Maroon; >35%; Grey incomplete data (source: FAO: The State of Food Insecurity in the World)

Please note that there are impoverished and hungry people everywhere in the world. And while there are many of us more fortunate who might want pretend that nobody is hungry, happily there are also many who are not ignoring them but working hard to feed these people. Here are just a few possibilities of viable organizations. Please look in your community for others:

• Daily Bread Foodbank
• Second Harvest
  • Donate Funds
  • DonateFood
• Ontario Association of Food Banks
• Canadian Association of Food Banks
• World Vision (Canada)
  • Get Involved: Make Poverty History
    
  • Give a Gift
• Action Against Hunger
• Freedom from Hunger
• The Global FoodBanking Network
• The Hunger Project
• Relief Web
• Poverty.com
• World Food Program: Bloggers Against Hunger fighting hunger worldwide

Remember when giving your donations to ensure that the relief agency you have chosen already has operations set up in the area. Also, it's a good idea to ask their advice about whether it is best to specify "greatest need" on your donation. They know best where the moneys really need to go.

And don't forget about these sites online.

• The Hunger Site - just one click a day, donate free food
• Learn Free Vocabulary and Give Free Rice
• Test your hunger IQ - Feed a Child

 

Bloggers Against Hunger
Working together with the World Food Programme to fight hunger.

 

September 2011 posts

 
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Banana Cranberry Bran Muffins
summary: recipe for Banana Cranberry Bran Muffins stuffed with Cream Cheese and Grape Jam

Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Wordless B&W Wednesday: Mmmmmmm....
summary: neither fish or butter, it's a muffin knife – banana bran muffin knife to be precise

Wednesday, 21 September 2011
B&W Wednesday: Zucchini Fritters
summary: recipe for Zucchini Fritters made with breadcrumbs, based on Laura Calder's Crispy Courgette Fritters; you'll wish you had more zucchini growing in your garden;

Monday, 19 September 2011
Let's share, shall we?
summary: markets and gardens are so lush these days; thoughts about wealth and hunger; information about Not Far From the Tree, relief organizations and what you can do to help feed the hungry

Sunday, 18 September 2011
Soon to be Pretzelless Again (BBB September 2011)
summary: recipe for Soft Pretzels; soft pretzels are fabulous; make sure there's lots of room in the car when going to buy 2 dozen eggs; information about Bread Baking Babes and YeastSpotting;

Saturday, 17 September 2011
I'm a BBBB – currently pretzelless
summary: pretzel dough is mixed and rising; link to Bread Baking Babes September recipe;

Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Wordless B&W Wednesday: what do you call this??
summary: hand-embroidered linen serviette; is this knife for fish or butter?

Thursday, 8 September 2011
Jam Tarts
summary: jam tarts and faux clotted cream; Sovereign Coronation grape jam; no-name ice wine;

Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Wordless B&W Wednesday: ohh la la!
summary: cork from Jadot Pernand Vergelesses 1990 Clos de la Croix de Pierre

Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Mmmmm... oil infused mushrooms
summary: oil infused mushrooms; mushroom omelette; inspiration: Xiang Gu You (Mushroom Infused Oil), "Season of Plenty: Yunnan's Mushroom Harvest" by Beth Kracklauer, SAVEUR Magazine, Issue #140 - August/September 2011, p.54-66; SAVEUR magazine is great;

plagued with internal error messages and slooooooooow loading

 

At first I thought it was just my computer that was at fault. I've been running virus scans, clearing caches, rebooting, etc. etc. to try to fix things.

And now, my real blog appears to be plagued with internal error messages and slooooooooow loading. Rats. No doubt this will be fixed as soon as it's not the middle of the night.

August 2011 posts

 
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Wordless B&W Wednesday: ahhhhhh!
summary: Iced Coffee; information about Black and White Wednesday – A Weekly Culinary Photo Event

Sunday, 28 August 2011
Flattened Vienna Bread Rescue
summary: BBB Vienna Bread followup; bread that was crushed while baking can be sliced and grilled – it's fabulous;

Friday, 26 August 2011
Remind me to put bananas on the grocery list!
summary: banana cranberry bran muffins are fabulous; even people who can't stand bananas might like these muffins; don't let "Hawaii" by James Michener influence your decision to try them;

Friday, 19 August 2011
Wordless Non-Wednesday: mmnnnffphhhh
summary: it's one of those days cup, brown betty tea pot, pot holder

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Kaiser Buns and Vienna Bread (BBB August 2011)
summary: recipe for BBB Kaiser Rolls and a Boule baked on the barbecue; no really, it’s entirely unnecessary to oil the rising bowl; baking bread AND rolls on the barbecue at the same time can be tricky; information about Bread Baking Babes and YeastSpotting;