Our passion is great bread!
A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Asheville Bread Festival. It was wonderful! The event, held annually since 2004, began with local artisan bread bakers showcasing their breads at the Greenlife Grocery in downtown Asheville. More than a dozen bakeries, from the Asheville area and Eastern Tennessee, offered samples of bread for sale. My friend and I enjoyed sampling the breads. Here are some
There’s just something about the smell and taste of homemade bread… I was out of town in business meetings for a few days and all of our meals were catered. Although it was nice not to have to cook my own meals for a few days, I missed BYOB. I’ve been spoiled with all of the homemade bread I usually have around for sandwiches or
The grain of the month for April is Emmer. Emmer is an ancient grain that is plumper and longer than modern wheat grains. The grain is lower in gluten than regular wheat but higher in protein and fiber. It just so happens that one of the breads for the April HBinFive Bread Braid is Emmer Bread. The Healthy Bread in Five Minutes Emmer Bread is
This month’s BBB (Bread Baking Babes and Friends) is hosted by Lien. She chose Maori Bread as the bread for March. Maori Bread, also known as Rewena paraoa, is a bread from New Zealand that is made using a potato starter. Lien adapted this bread from Dean Brettschneiders Global Baker. According to the book, “Rewena is the Maori term for the fermented potato mixture used
The great thing about this Einkorn Oatmeal Bread Machine Bread, besides the taste, is that it’s really easy to make! It can be made completely in the bread maker or you can use the bread machine or a stand mixer to mix the dough and then bake it in a conventional oven. My sons love oatmeal bread. It is one of the first breads I
