Those of you who subscribe by email may have noticed several grammatical errors that snuck through last Friday’s post about Jon Falk.  We moved over the weekend and though I proofread it a few times clearly my mind was elsewhere.  This is the first time we’re living somewhere unfurnished so in addition to the normal […]

I’m a huge sucker for all of the ‘Best of’ things that appear at the end of each year.  I don’t listen to much top 40 music during the year but can’t resist the end of year mashups (I really like Isosine’s this year but this Queen/Mika track is no question my favorite of the year).  So I was […]

A few weeks ago on Twitter I came across a link from Karen at Karen’s Kitchen Stories that was posted with the hashtag #BreadBakers. After some more clicking I found out it was not just a random hashtag but an organized group of bakers who (virtually) came together each month to make and share recipes around an […]

My wife is not one to eat lots of junk food.  And if she does, her definition of it is different than most.  She won’t wolf down an entire Hersey’s bar or pint of Ben & Jerry’s.  She’s more likely to have a nibble of some dark chocolate bar or try and make her own […]

If my life last week were turned into a Roald Dahl book it would be called ‘Adam and the Zingerman’s Bakehouse’.  I have lived down the street from Zingerman’s Deli for almost two years but rarely buy bread there since I make it myself.  But I have always been curious to see what a professional, commercial, bakery […]

This bread has been on my to-make list for quite some time.  I first encountered chocolate sourdough my freshman year at Michigan when someone in my hall shared an entire loaf she had gotten (presumably via her parents) from Zingerman’s. It was amazing, especially warmed in the microwave.  The huge melted chocolate chunks combined with […]