I’m excited to be back and participating in the #BreadBakers group once again this month!  Summer craziness prevented me from putting together a bread for June, so I made sure to bake something for July way in advance.  July’s event was hosted by Rocio of Kids & Chic, who chose oatmeal as our theme ingredient. […]

I haven’t gotten much use out of my sourdough starter the past few weeks and instead have just been keeping it happy and fed in the refrigerator.  I was gone last weekend and am out of town five of the next six weekends, so I don’t see that changing anytime soon.  It is certainly possible […]

A few years ago I spent weeks on end trying to make the perfect sandwich loaf.  After that I had a major Tartine phase and since then I have made sourdough boules far more often than your usual sandwich loaf.  As much as I enjoy a crust that shatters and a open crumb, sometimes it is […]

Living in a small apartment prevents us from accumulating too much clutter.  There is, after all, only so much you can fit in 500 square feet (though we certainly have pushed it to the limit).  We’re getting ready to move and have gradually been going through things to try and cut down on what we […]

Have you ever had Amish friendship bread?  It’s the chain email of bread.  You create or are gifted a starter from a friend and after 10 days give some starter to friends and use the rest to bake the bread.  The bread is loaded with cinnamon and sugar and while it is a nice loaf, this […]

This month Jenni of Pastry Chef Online hosted the #BreadBakers event and chose ‘Stuffed Bread’ as our theme.  When deciding what to make I first ruled out things similar to the stuffed Indian bread and stromboli I have made before.  I had just made a cinnamon sugar pull apart bread (post next Monday) so also wanted to stay away […]

Blog Note: On Friday I mentioned that I will be moving Bakers and Best off WordPress.com servers soon, and that folks who have subscribed via the WordPress.com reader would need to resubscribe another way.  After doing some more digging with WordPress, turns out they will be able to help me with that!  So, the site […]

This month Camilla of Culinary Adventures with Camilla chose the #BreadBakers theme of Easter, Passover, and Springtime breads from around the world.  Breads are by definition heavily limited for Passover and since I made matzah last year I decided to see what interesting Easter and spring breads I could turn up for this month. A […]

Last fall after baking my way through a few Tartine books I decided it was time to get another bread book.  I had heard great things about Jeffrey Hamelman’s Bread for quite some time so I added it to my collection.  The book is more advanced and technique focused than others I have but is […]

Everyone I know has at least one strange habit when it comes to food.  It might be a specific way you peel a fruit, prepare a dish, or eat your favorite food.  For example, at a young age I picked up from my dad the habit of eating grilled cheese by cutting strips off each side […]