May 2016 posts

Friday, 27 May 2016
If one is good, another one MUST be better!
summary: BBB Spring Focaccia (with chives, garlic greens, onion and nigella seed) revisited using same-day dough; spring garden is growing at last;

Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Wordless Wednesday: Spring at Last!!
summary: Ahhhhh!! At last it's spring! We can open the kitchen window. Soon the tiny lilac buds will flower and their lovely scent will waft in. Speaking of lovely scent, this is spring bounty from our friends' market garden; Chinese ground pork dish;

Monday, 16 May 2016
Let the celebration begin! Spring Focaccia (BBB May 2016)
summary: recipe for Spring Focaccia, based on a recipe in “Flour Water Salt Yeast” by Ken Forkish; altering recipes; adding malted rye and buckwheat; how many garden herbs are available when spring is late; a Bread Baking Babes project;

April 2016 posts

Saturday, 16 April 2016
Ceux-ci ne sont pas des cinnamon rolls... (BBB April 2016)
summary: recipe for NOT-cinnamon rolls with a nod to Magritte, based on recipes from Ree Drummond (Pioneer Woman) and in "Bien Cuit: The Art of Bread"; apricots, honey and black pepper; a Bread Baking Babes project;.

Saturday, 9 April 2016
Wordless Not-Wednesday: scoring experiment
summary: Using the wonderful Burnt Whisker Forge handled lame that T gave me, for this raisin bread (Ken Forkish recipe), this is my first attempt at achieving the scoring used for Bourbon Bread on page 63 of "Bien Cuit: The Art of Bread" by Zachary Golper and Peter Kaminsky.

Thursday, 7 April 2016
Do I need another bread book?
summary: review of "Bien Cuit" by Zachary Golper and Peter Kaminsky; good ideas; poor choices; is it time to make room on the cookbook shelf anyway?

Tuesday, 5 April 2016
Auberge Walnut Bread – BBBabes, buddies, friends, etc... (March 2016)
summary: Spring snow; March 2016 Bread Baking Buddies; FB's Artisan Bread Baking group; BBB Auberge Walnut Bread gallery

March 2016 posts

Saturday, 19 March 2016
Delving into the Archives: Pork al latte
summary: going through our photo archives; in praise of back issues of SAVEUR (especially No.68, No.110) recipe for pork braised with sour cream (Brasato di Maiale), like bolognese but different!; yet another rant about SAVEUR Magazine;

Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Auberge Walnut Bread (BBB March 2016)
summary: recipe for Auberge Walnut Bread, based on recipes in "Auberge of the Flowering Hearth" by Roy Andries de Groot and "The Italian Baker" by Carol Field; perfumes and scents; memoir; a Bread Baking Babes (BBB) project;