I love combing through all the end of the year lists and reviews that come out in December and for the third straight year I’m polluting the internet with my own (see here for the 2013 and 2014 editions)!  2015 was a banner year for Bakers & Best with 109 published posts, a redesign of the […]

This month Pavani of Cook’s Hideout hosted our #BreadBakers event and chose ‘summer bounty’ as the theme.  Her idea was perfectly timed because as I began to think about it all sorts of delicious things started to pop up at the farmer’s market.  We got several zucchini in our CSA box so I thought about […]

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. […]

This weekend my wife and I celebrated our first anniversary!  You can read all about the honeymoon we took in France last year in these four posts (1, 2, 3 & 4).  Combining anniversary celebrations with busy schedules and travel the last few weekends,  I don’t have a new bread to post about today.  I will […]

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 […]

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 […]

This month Karen of Karen’s Kitchen Stories is hosting the #BreadBakers event and selected ‘Seeds’ as our theme.  I figured to truly get into the spirit I should pick a recipe loaded with different kinds of seeds.  Given that next week is St. Patrick’s Day I thought this would be as good a time as […]

This month’s #BreadBakers event was hosted by Heather of Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks, who chose bagels as our theme.  I’ve made bagels several times before and tried a few styles (traditional New York bagels, thinner crispy ones) so I wanted to use this as an opportunity to try something different.  If you’re interested you can read […]

Being able to multitask in the kitchen is a valuable skill.  If you want separate components of a meal to finish at the same time it not only takes planning but also requires the ability to potentially monitor several pots and pans at once.  But, there is a point where it is probably a good idea […]

2014 is just about in the books and it has been quite a year for Bakers & Best!  There were 97 posts shared with visitors from 130 countries (thank you!), including 36 new ones.  Let’s take a look back at all the fun, shall we?!