Maple continues to grow like a weed and weighed in at 40 pounds at her 16 week vet appointment.  She has gotten much better at being OK while unsupervised in the apartment (she is plodding around on her own while I write this) and doesn’t need to be taken out constantly.  She loves to go […]

I did it! I made bread! You would think this should not be a notable achievement for someone who runs a bread blog, but this polenta and rosemary sourdough is the first loaf of bread I’ve made since we brought Maple home more than 7 weeks ago.  Oddly enough, I think it might also be the first […]

Apologies once again are in order if you came here looking for a bread recipe.  I promise I will get back to that soon, but while you wait I encourage you to peruse the bread section of the recipe index to find a library of yeast and sourdough bread recipes.  However if you came here […]

I know I’ve said it several times in the past few weeks but I really don’t understand how people with complicated lives can have a puppy.  On the plus side, I reach my step goal every day just by parading Maple in and out of the apartment when she needs (or think she needs) to […]

Life with Maple continues to be both fun and exhausting which means far less time for cooking.  I used to spend most of my Sundays baking bread and cooking for the week but have done neither in far too long.  Fortunately for Maple is the sweetest and greatest puppy ever so I don’t hold it […]

When I was in 7th grade we had to complete an assignment where we found out the names of various local and world leaders.  It’s why I still think that Maryland’s senators are Paul Sarbanes and Barbara Mikulski (Mikulski is still in office) and why I can tell you that in 2001 Gerhard Schröder was Germany’s Chancellor. […]

On Friday morning my wife and I brought home the newest addition to our family, Maple!  She is a golden retriever and in my humble and completed unbiased opinion is the greatest dog that has been or ever will be (apologies to Daphne and Ginger).  This is despite the fact that she has kept us up […]

The past few weeks my wife and I have been doing more and more weeknight cooking.  Normally we cook a few meals over the weekend and then eat them throughout the week.  It’s good to have a stock of quick weeknight recipes that you can easily put together when you get home.  This chicken is a […]