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 […]

While I regrettably have not done much bread baking since we got Maple over one month ago, I know of many others who have.  In the past few weeks I’ve met up with four people in Ann Arbor to share some of my sourdough starter.  Each had been searching for a place in town to […]

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 […]

It’s that time of year!  The days are short, presents are being wrapped (or have been wrapped and opened if you celebrated Hanukkah), and the weather is…well not quite normal.  It was 60 degrees yesterday and I went grocery shopping wearing shorts and flip-flops!  Not your typical December weather, though I’m sure it will get there. […]

In the afterglow of Jim Harbaugh’s hiring last winter one question that hung over the Michigan football program was who would be quarterback come September.  That question was answered late in the spring when it was announced that 5th year QB Jake Rudock would transfer to Michigan from the University of Iowa (Mary Sue Coleman […]

Over the weekend we got the last of our stuff out of the old apartment and are officially moved in to our new place.  In the chaos of moving and having 90 degree heat for the first time all summer I haven’t gotten around to making any bread yet in the new apartment. Fortunately I […]

One of the great things about having a sourdough starter is sharing it with others looking to get into bread baking.  It can initially seem daunting but I’ve noticed that pretty quickly people realize there is not much maintenance work involved.  The idea of refreshing the starter, which involves discarding most of the current starter, is […]

John Navarre took over as the starting QB at Michigan in 2001 following the departures of Tom Brady and Drew Henson.  Navarre helped run a pass heavy offense that during his time featured other great offensive players including Braylon Edwards, Chris Perry, and Steve Breaston.  During each of his three seasons as a starter Navarre had […]

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. […]

Many of my Photoshop Phriday posts make mention of how often a player appears in the Michigan football record book.  Well Desmond Howard is not only mentioned almost 75 times, he is on the cover.  Howard played at Michigan from 1989-91 and in 1991 became the second Michigan player to win the Heisman Trophy (Tom Harmon […]