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Challah: The un-brown
Yesterday I made two challah (what is the plural of challah?). They tasted delicious and used 6 (!!) eggs, but they’re just not quite as brown and shiny as I had hoped. I completed doused them in an...
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Adventures in Hobo Bread
So truly, you want tasty and fast bread that looks all artisan-y and spendy. Me too. I like expensive bread. I especially like it now that I love hundreds of miles away from being able to purchase...
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Yeastapalooza, Part I
A co-conspirator and I dedicated a good chunk of last weekend to a science experiment involving different kinds of bread dough. The goal—besides blini for dinner and two freezers full of chocolate...
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Yeastapalooza, Part 2
Yeastapalooza did not merely consist of cinnamon rolls and chocolate babka, my friends! We made blini, too! Now, I must confess that I was not wise in the way of blini (the plural of blintz) before...
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Lamb burger love
I live in a rural area where the code amongst neighbors is strong and firm: you do not ever show up empty handed, ever. We’re blessed with the sort of neighbors whose hands are frequently full of...
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Hobo Bread: Theme and Variation
Some of you may recall Jilly’s gorgeous—and somewhat curious—hobo bread. In Jilly’s low-impact approach to daily baking, not only do you not knead the dough, you don’t wash the bowl. I’d been meaning...
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Strata with Sausage and Broccoli
Perhaps it has not escaped your notice that I seem to have a lot of eggs and cheese. It’s inevitable. I’m often on the road this time of year, but the CSA, with its dozen eggs, half pound of cheese,...
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Pita Pita Pita
I used to bake a lot of bread back when I was in grad school, but then I stopped. Lately I’ve been trying to get back into the swing of it—not enough to join one of the ever-popular challenges, but...
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