September 2012 posts

Event Announcement: World Food Day 2012  (16 October 2012)
Event Announcement: World Bread Day 2012 (16 October 2012)

Sunday, 30 September 2012
Molasses Fennel Rye BBBuddies
summary: September 2012 Bread Baking Buddies; Molasses Fennel Rye gallery;

Wednesday, 26 September 2012
I ♥ SAVEUR! - red-cooked pork is great
summary: Red cooked pork from SAVEUR No.100 (March 2007); inspiration: 'Hong Shao Ji' and 'Hong Shao Rou', p75; remember to leaf through the back issues of your magazines!

Tuesday, 18 September 2012
making grape jelly (or not), step one: make juice
summary: making grape juice; how not to make grape jelly; information about Not Far From the Tree;

Sunday, 16 September 2012
Molasses Fennel Rye Bread from Memory Lane (BBB September 2012)
summary: recipe for Molasses Fennel Rye based on the fantastic bread served at "Clark's by the Bay" restaurant; a Bread Baking Babes project; submission for YeastSpotting and Bake Your Own Bread;

Thursday, 13 September 2012
mmmmmmuffins laced with grapes and green chillies
summary: recipe for cornmeal muffins laced with grapes and green chillies; information about Not Far From the Tree; submission for Bake Your Own Bread;

Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Grape/Onion/Blue Cheese Fougasse is Fabulous
summary: recipe for Grape/Blue Cheese/Onion Fougasse; information about Not Far From the Tree; submission for YeastSpotting and Bake Your Own Bread;

Saturday, 8 September 2012
Twisting and Turning: Banana Cinnamon Buns Revisited
summary: revisiting Banana Cinnamon Bread; Russian braiding; chia seeds and pepitas; submission for YeastSpotting and Bake Your Own Bread;

Tuesday, 4 September 2012
corn cakes can't be beat ...or can they?
summary: recipe for beet cakes (beet fritters); these are even better than corn cakes; make sure the egg yolk doesn't break when you separate the egg;

August 2012 posts

Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Moosewood Yeasted Corn Bread Revisited
summary: revisiting Moosewood's Yeasted Corn Bread; an overnight starter is a great idea; we love Rogers no-additives flour; submission for YeastSpotting and Bake Your Own Bread;

Friday, 24 August 2012
monkey see, monkey do: cheesecake revisited...
summary: New York style cheese cake with sour cream topping; gilding the lily by garnishing with peaches and grapes; a weakness for cheesecake; information about Not Far From the Tree;
 
Thursday, 23 August 2012
Not-Quite Wordless B&W Not-Quite Wednesday: copper bowl
summary: whssk whssk whssk... an experiment in sepia and b&w; we are having too much fun whisking egg whites;

Sunday, 19 August 2012
More Jalapeno Cheddar Buns Please...
summary: recipe for Jalapeno Cheddar Buns based on Tracey's (Tracey's Culinary Adventures) recipe for Jalapeño Cheddar Rolls; submission for YeastSpotting and Bake Your Own Bread;

Friday, 17 August 2012
Oh la la! Quel omelette!
summary: country style mushroom omelette; YouTube video of Jacques Pepin preparing omelettes; Merci Monsieur Pepin!

Wednesday, 15 August 2012
Julia Child's birthday bread (BBB August 2012)
summary: recipe for Julia Child's French Bread based on the recipe for French Bread in "Mastering the Art of French Cooking: Volume 2" by Julia Child and Simone Beck; a Bread Baking Babes project; submission for YeastSpotting and Bake Your Own Bread;

Sunday, 12 August 2012
fresh corn cakes (WHB#346: green chili)
summary: recipe for fresh corn cakes; information about green chillies and Weekend Herb Blogging;

Wednesday, 1 August 2012
we're always going to add annatto to biriyani!
summary: the addition of annatto seed makes the biriyani smell exactly right!

July 2012 posts

Monday, 30 July 2012
Persian Rice (Tah Dig, "bottom of the rice") – revisited (WHB#345: saffron)
summary: recipe for Tah Dig (Bottom of the Rice), adapted from our recipe for Persian Rice in the BloggerAid cookbook; information about saffron and Weekend Herb Blogging;reminder about hunger;

Sunday, 29 July 2012
Mmmmm, Red Rice! (WHB#344: annatto)
summary: SAVEUR magazine's Red Rice with Guam Chicken Pork is delicious; inspiration: Guam-Style Chicken with Red Rice, SAVEUR #148, p. 86; information about annatto (aka achiote) and Weekend Herb Blogging; a rant about the food we can and cannot get; there IS enough food for everyone;

Tuesday, 24 July 2012
garden report
summary: home gardening; what is in the heads of our city councillors? an exciting new acquisition: ficus carica "brown Turkey";
 
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Event Announcement: In honor of Julia Child's 100th birthday (BBB August 2012)
summary: To honor Julia Child's 100th birthday, the BBBabes will post about the August bread one day early to coincide with Julia Child’s birthday on 15 August 2012. Come bake with us!

Monday, 16 July 2012
Easy Little Bread – if you follow the recipe (BBB July 2012)
summary: recipe for Easy Little Bread based on a recipe in "Gran's Kitchen: Recipes from the Notebooks of Dulcie May Booker" by Natalie Oldfield; no-knead bread; a Bread Baking Babes project; submission for YeastSpotting and Bake Your Own Bread;

Saturday, 14 July 2012
Wordless non-Wednesday: We're melting! We're melting!!
summary: Bzzzzt!! ding! ding! ding! ding! augghhhh!

Friday, 13 July 2012
Another perfect finish to another perfect day
summary: A July Feast: grilled fish fillets, South Indian Coconut curry sauce, two kinds of vegetable, perfect rice; miracle cake with cherries, Gewurtztraminer goes well with Indian spices;

Tuesday, 3 July 2012
WHAT a finish for a perfect day!
summary: my sister's lemon cake with blueberry mint sauce and fresh raspberries;

Monday, 2 July 2012
a second attempt at Tartine Bread
summary: Overly sour "Tartine Bread" again!