August 2025 Posts

Thursday, 21 August 2025
Sort-of-Wordless Not-Wednesday: Mystery Chili
summary: What kind of hot pepper is this? – a Sort-of-Wordless Not-Wednesday post;

Tuesday, 19 August 2025, 15:05 Sigh. the server for etherwork is up and down right now...  Which means not only am I late to post about the BBBabes' August project, but now I'm really late because I can't access the blog at all.   Waaahhhhhhhhh.  (I'll add a link to the actual exceedingly verbose post when I finally - if?? - get access to the server.) 

Tuesday, 19 August 2025

Wild(ish) Croissant Bread

Wild(ish) Croissant Bread (BBB August 2025)

summary: Wild(ish) Croissant Bread; using commercial yeast again; making choices to keep the waves in control; it's too darn hot;  I'm late - AGAIN; a Bread Baking Babes (BBB) project;

June 2025 posts

 

Oatmeal Burger Bun

Monday, 16 June 2025
Oatmeal Burger Buns (BBB June 2025)

summary: Oatmeal Burger Buns inspired by recipes in "Cook's Illustrated" and "Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant"; flour woes again; summer at last, and time to bake on the barbecue; a Bread Baking Babes (BBB) project;

April 2025 posts

Monday, 21 April 2025
Wordless(ish) Not-Wednesday: Vintage Wine Followup

summary: one of the last from our stash; Château Canon-la-Gaffelière Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé 1990; after 35 years, it's covered in dust; and it's fabulous!

 

Sunday, 20 April 2025
Wordless Not-Wednesday: Happy Easter!!

summary: one of the last from our stash; Château Canon-la-Gaffelière Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé 1990; fingers crossed that it's still good (I'll report back); Happy Easter!

 

Wednesday, 16 April 2025

Dollywood(ish) Cinnamon Bread

Dollywood(ish) Cinnamon Bread (BBB April 2025)

summary: recipe for Dollywood(ish) Cinnamon Bread; using commercial yeast (!!); making choices; altering amounts ingredients; information about Bread Baking Babes;

March 2025 posts

 

Saturday, 29 March 2025
No-additives flour unavailable → AGAIN

summary: once again searching for ‘no-additives’ flour that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg and doesn’t require massive amounts of driving; too many conflicting responses; frustrations galore; waiting for tariffs to stop;

 

February 2025 posts

 
Sunday, 16 February 2025

Quickbread for Winter Comfort (BBB February 2025)

Rieska (Finnish Flatbread)

summary: not-so-Finnish Rieska with rye instead of barley flour; yeast? we don’ need no stink’n’ yeast; ignoring tariff threats for now, hoping that others south of the border will suddenly notice the huge drain on their pocketbooks in time; snow galore; information about Bread Baking Babes; 17 years baking together!!

January 2025 posts

Wednesday, 1 January 2025

Wordless Wednesday: Happy 2025!