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17 June 2026

June 2026 posts

BBB June 2026
altered Norwegian Sun Bun
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
Wild Alteration of Solskinnsboller (BBB June 2026)
summary: Recipe for Solskinnsboller turned into Citronboller; lemon butter instead of vanilla custard; adding wild yeast to commercial yeast; butter and sugar galore; information about Bread Baking Babes;




09 May 2026

April 2026 posts

Bread Baking Babes April 2026
Semi-wild Honey Millet/Corn Bread
 
Monday, 20 April 2026
Semi-Wild Honey Millet/Corn Bread (BBB April 2026)
summary: Semi-Wild Honey Millet/Corn Bread; better late than never; definition of corn; caving in (again/still) by adding commercial yeast; information about Bread Baking Babes;


Thursday, 16 April 2026
How Not to Plan Ahead
summary: Great sandwich bread; failure to plan ahead; I will be late (AGAIN) with April's BBB bread; information about Bread Baking Babes;


18 February 2026

February 2026 posts


Monday, 16 February 2026
Wild-ish Lemon Rosemary Pain de Campagne (BBB February 2026)

BBB February 2026 18th anniversary
BBBabes' 18th Anniversary
summary: Wild-ish Lemon Rosemary Pain de Campagne based on Kathleen Weber's recipe in her book "Della Fattoria Bread"; BBBabes celebrate 18(!!!) years; silences don't mean we're not eating; firm starter vs regular starter; caving in (again/still) by adding commercial yeast; information about Bread Baking Babes;;

December 2025 Posts


Monday, 8 December 2025

almost-wordless-not-Wednesday: over-proofed sandwich bread

summary: negligence; forgetting to check after shaping; importance of timers; bread wants to be bread anyway; WP listens (sort of) to its users and re-instates (mostly) the Classic Editor; an Almost-Wordless Wednesday post;

September 2025 posts

Tuesday, 9 September 2025
I loathe change!!

summary: What happened to the Classic Editor and why did they remove the plugin and replace it with  this stupid new Block system?? It’s incredibly annoying!!

Tuesday, 2 September 2025

Delving into the Archives: Milk Frother for Iced Coffee

summary: going through our photo archives; new milk frother; inexpensive gadget really works!

19 August 2025

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
BBB 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;

16 June 2025

June 2025 posts

 

BBB June 2025
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;

16 April 2025

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

BBB 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;

 

24 February 2025

February 2025 posts

 
Sunday, 16 February 2025

Quickbread for Winter Comfort (BBB February 2025)

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! 

 

ejm 31 December 2024

 


17 December 2024

December 2024 posts

 
Monday, 16 December 2024

BBB December 2024
Bullar | Swedish Sweet Spice Buns
Swedish Cinnamon, etc. etc. Buns: Sweet!! (BBB December 2024) 

summary: Swedish Sweet Spice Buns; shaping looks complex but isn’t; sometimes it pays to use commercial yeast; information about Bread Baking Babes;

16 October 2024

October 2024 posts

 

Monday, 28 October 2024
More new toys!! If one is good, then....
summary: the ultimate non-stick bread pan; cast iron is the way to go; brief review of “MaryJane’s Cast Iron Kitchen” by MaryJane Butters;

 
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Wild Yeast Water Bread (BBB October 2024)

Wild Yeast Water Bread
Wild Yeast Water Bread
summary: Nailed it! ...recipe (for what it's worth) for Wild Yeast Water Bread; creating wild yeast with dates and water; how to not follow a recipe to the letter; patience is a virtue; alas, I'm not so patient; nothing light and fluffy about this bread; nobody else talked about their bread smelling like cheese; information about Bread Baking Babes; information about World Food Day and World Bread Day;

Sunday, 6 October 2024
We have our no-additives flour!
summary: searching for 'no-additives' flour that doesn't cost an arm and a leg; we had to travel 30 km - out of the city to get it; a photoless not-Friday post;

September 2024 posts


Friday, 13 September 2024
wordless(ish) not-Wednesday: Sigh
ISO unbleached 'no additives' all-purpose flour. And 100% whole wheat 'no additives' flour too. Again. (not-exactly wordless, is it?);

Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Oh Boy!! Another new toy!!
summary: the ultimate non-stick omelette pan; and it's not just for eggs; carbon steel is the best; brief review of "The Zuni Cafe Cookbook" by Judy Rodgers;

17 August 2024

August 2024 Posts

 

BBB August 2024
Jamaican Coco Bread (Coconut Milk Bread)
Saturday, 17 August 2024

Jamaican Coco Buns (BBB August 2024)
summary:  Jamaican Coco Buns; Nailed it! AGAIN; not exactly soft and fluffy; problems finding our favourite flour!! AGAIN; I’m late posting, AGAIN; information about Bread Baking Babes;

02 July 2024

July 2024 posts

  

Detroit-style Pizza
Detroit-style Pizza
Tuesday, 2 July 2024

Another Detroit-style Pizza - we can't stop

summary: can't stop making Detroit-Style Pizza; we had to use up that expensive cheese; oops too much dough; who cares? it means there are left-overs;


17 June 2024

June 2024 posts

 
Sunday, 16 June 2024

BBB June 2024
Detroit-style Pizza in a cast-iron pan
Pizza with the Toppings Upside Down (BBB June 2024)

summary: Small Batch Detroit-style pizza; where IS all the good cheese? using commercial yeast AGAIN; information about Bread Baking Babes;

 


17 April 2024

April 2024 Posts

 

Tuesday, 16 April 2024
BBB April 2024
Bread Baking Babes April 2024:
Bolo do Caco (Madeiran Tile Bread

Bolo do Caco (Madeiran Tile Bread) (BBB April 2024)

summary: Bolo do Caco (Madeiran Tile Bread) inspired by a recipe in SAVEUR Magazine No.74; using commercial yeast and white sweet potato (ie: NOT yam); shaping difficulties – they’re supposed to be disc-shaped :lalala: ; new cat toys; a Bread Baking Babes (BBB) project;

 


05 April 2024

Are we having fun yet?

Oh boy!! Don't you love it when it snows after Easter? And don't you love it when the storm is so severe that it knocks out power? 

Of course, I shouldn't be glib. As a result of the severe wind/rain/heavysnow storm on Wednesday, thousands in Quebec are without power again.  

Which means that the area where the servers for etherwork.net are also without power.  Until at least the weekend.


There are 50,020 customers without electricity after major snowfall in Quebec.

As of 9:30 a.m. Friday, Hydro-Quebec states the hardest-hit areas are the Laurentians (16,651), Outaouais (10,364) and the Montérégie (7,440).
[...]
Environment and Climate Change Canada says more than 20 centimetres of snow have been recorded near the Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, as well as over 30 centimetres in downtown Montreal.

- Rachel Lau, 'Still tens of thousands without power after snowfall in Quebec', CTV News, 5 April 2024 (https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/still-tens-of-thousands-without-power-after-snowfall-in-quebec-1.6834737)

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Public utility crews are working to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands of customers Thursday after an ice storm wreaked havoc on the power grid in southern Quebec and killed at least one person.

The storm cut power to more than a million customers Wednesday afternoon, and as of 7:30 p.m. ET — nearly 24 hours later — a little more than 800,000 were still without electricity.

Premier François Legault said most people would have their power restored by Friday night, but some 300 to 350,000 people may still be without electricity on Saturday. 
[...] Most of the outages were in the greater Montreal area, Legault said.

- Matthew Lapierre, Erika Morris, '1 dead, hundreds of thousands still without power after Quebec ice storm', CBC News, 6 April 2024 (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-ice-storm-hydro-quebec-1.6803351)

 

Montreal April 2024 © Simon-Marc Charron/Radio-Canada
A large tree branch blocks Bourbonnière Avenue [...] in Montreal's Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough.
© Simon-Marc Charron/Radio-Canada
(msn.com/en-ca/weather/topstories/nearly-250000-still-without-power-as-spring-storm-rolls-through-quebec/ar-BB1l4aV9)

Temperatures are rising to more normal levels for spring this weekend, so things should be resolved by Monday. Just in time for us to burn out our retinas when we are too dumb not to look up at the total eclipse of the sun. (Actually, here in Toronto, the eclipse will not be total: but only 99%.)

Edit 10:56am EDT: Yay! Power has been restored to the area in Montreal where the etherwork.net servers are.

16 February 2024

February 2024 Posts

 

BBB February 2024
Brown Sesame Shokupan (Yudane)
Friday, 16 February 2024
Sesame Shokupan (Yudane) (BBB 16th Anniversary: February 2024)

summary: Happy 16th Anniversary, BBBabes! recipe ingredients list for brown sesame shokupan(ish); gram equivalents for all ingredients, please; oh boy, another triumph (cough); commercial yeast; looks aren’t everything; it tastes good...; information about Bread Baking Babes;

 

Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Wordless Wednesday: Perfect for Valentine's Day!

summary: Nothing says Valentine's Day better than parathas. Heart-shaped or not. All that butter! (Shhhh... don't tell on us to the Lenten Police.)