The last couple posts on this blog have been about sourdough bread, so I thought I’d continue and show you the monster. I keep it in a Tupperware-type container. I’ve cut a couple holes in the lid because air circulation seems to be needed. I’ve… Read More
As it turned out my test loaf using the new sourdough monster was wonderful. The crust was nicely developed, the bread had that distinctive sourdough flavour and a beautiful texture with a nice bit of chew about it. We destroyed it in short order.
I’ve been occasionally baking no-knead bread in a Dutch oven over the past few months. A couple weeks ago I captured and developed a sourdough monster with the intention of using the same Lahey method only using wild yeast – the monster – rather than… Read More
I like to make some of the traditional Polish foods at Christmas, the ones my mom used to make for the family – because it reminds me of Christmases past, growing up, and of my family. There is one particular food which is totally a… Read More
I have a weakness for home-made bread. I made this one using the Lahey method, and to do that I started the dough rising last night and baked it mid-day today. Following this simple process, it’s dead easy to make bread of the… Read More
I’m a pretty good cook, and I can bake a decent loaf of bread, but when it comes to fancy-assed cookies and cakes and pastries, I’m pretty much lost. I’m sure this is in part because I prefer to make it up as I go… Read More
I don’t make pierogi very often, because I’m slow and clumsy at making them, but I love eating them, and today I made up a batch for dinner on Christmas Day. The handy thing about pierogi is they freeze tremendously well. I place them on… Read More
After reading Sourdough by Robin Sloan, I felt compelled to bake some bread. I don’t have a sourdough monster going right now – I plan to start one in January after our vacation. However, I’m not against bread made with commercial yeast, and sometimes you… Read More
I subscribe to Food Wishes on the YouTube, and Chef John just did a video for sweet potato biscuits. It happens that I’m mad for sweet potato biscuits. I had to make some. They are seriously good.
Tuffy P and Suzanne G have crossed the border at Buffalo after viewing loads of art all around NY State during the past few days. I promised dinner upon their return and I have soup simmering on the stove. Today I made one of our… Read More
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