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30 January 2018

January 2018 Posts

Tuesday, 30 January 2018
Rising to the Challenge (January 2018 BBBuddies)
summary: January 2018 Bread Baking Buddies; BBB Tartine Polenta Bread gallery; about the BBBabes

Friday, 19 January 2018
Wordless Not-Wednesday: Avocado Toast
summary: Avocado Toast made with Tartine Polenta Bread; good smoked bacon; best breakfast ever!; lazy baker syndrome – either occurs from over-rising, poor gluten development, and/or poor shaping; a Wordless Not-Wednesday post;

Tuesday, 16 January 2018
New Year's Challenge: Tartine Polenta Bread (BBB January 2018)
summary: recipe for Tartine Polenta Bread, based on a recipe in "Tartine Bread" by Chad Robertson; definition of corn; using millet in place of corn; following the book recipe produces Slack Bread – worse than the croc!; making my sister happy; importance of recipe testing; overwintering rosemary in an inhospitable climate; a Bread Baking Babes (BBB) project;

Monday, 15 January 2018
Wordless Not-Wednesday: Tortillas revisited
summary: we have a tortilla press; cooking corn tortillas is suddenly insanely easy; keep them warm in a lidded casserole dish so they continue to steam and stay soft and pliable.


Happy New Year All!



Monday, 1 January 2018
Happy 2018!
summary: Happy New Year!; Tartine Bread just keeps getting better; mussels inspired by a recipe in Jamie Schler's cookbook "Orange Appeal"; old Navel oranges still produce beautiful juice; lentil soup; lentils for fortune; in praise of Rachel Roddy;


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Orange Appeal: Savory and Sweet

by Jamie Schler with photos by Ilva Beretta,
(Gibbs Smith Publishing)