I told you a few weeks ago about my favourite crusty white bread (see recipe). This is a variation that creates an even more crusty crust. You just slice the dough with a very sharp knife right before you put it in the hot oven. Create any pattern you like, be creative. I also play [...]
I am almost willing the herbs out of the ground and the apple blossom out of the trees. But it looks like spring is finally ‘rearing its pretty head’.
Having a new iPod is a big responsibility. You have to feed it, you have to keep it warm, you quickly become very attached to it and you want to know were it is at all times. You dress it up with little socks and actually think about which color matches your mood and your [...]
You probably have heard of this list: ‘The top 50 things every foodie should do’ (Observer Food Monthly, may 2005). I am ‘proud’ to say that I did some of the things on this list. Nr. 1, making toast….yes I did that, but not over the hot plate of an Aga…so I guess that does [...]
Homemade granola, little cakes, cookies, jams and marmalade, I urge all kinds of edible gifts upon family and friends when I visit them. I always try to wrap it up real nice because ‘presentation is everything’. They seem to like it and I have the pleasure of making and baking. A lot of people I [...]
Peter Reinhart's Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor
Home Coffee Roasting, Revised, Updated Edition: Romance and Revival
Currently Baking: Peter Reinhart's Artisan Breads Every Day
Jeffrey Hamelman's Bread: A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes
So Handy! Cupcake Courier, in Petal Pink
I'm very fond of my Nordic Ware Cast Aluminum Garland Bundt Pan
Before our real brick oven we used this La Cloche Brick Oven...
My KitchenAid 5-Quart Mixer in Empire Red
