Our passion is great bread!
I needed some stale bread for a couple of dishes I’ll be making in a few days so this gave me an excuse to make more bread. Not that I need an excuse. I chose this easy no-knead sourdough bread. It takes a couple of days to make from start-to-finish, but doesn’t require much hands on time. Most of the time is spent proofing the
I don’t know about you, but it’s hot and humid here. They don’t call it Hotlanta for nothing. To beat the heat last weekend, my taste tester and I made BBQ pizza on the grill. The grill master and the bread baker combined our talents to come up with a winning combination. Want to know how we did it? Check out my Grilled BBQ Pizza
Here’s a new twist on a theme… Elle of Feeding My Enthusiasms, the host of the BBB’s this month, made Summer Twists for the bread bake this month. She adapted her recipe from Farine’s Morning Cuddles. Both versions sounded cute and cuddly, but I didn’t have all of the ingredients so I created my own version using spelt, hazelnuts and dates. I’m calling them My
I’ve had a continuous supply of cucumbers this season from my cucumber plants. It’s been rewarding (and tasty) to watch the plants grow from seedlings into mature plants. I’ve enjoyed raw cucumbers, refrigerator pickles, and now this cucumber soup. I have more cucumbers so I’ll be looking for other creative ways to use them. This Cucumber and Potato Soup is based on a recipe for
These Poolish Baguettes utilize an overnight poolish with a lower hydration than the standard 50/50 mix of flour to water so the dough isn’t quite as wet. The dough is easy to work with, and produces a lovely crumb. Note: I made these during the summer when it was really humid in my kitchen so if you are baking in a different environment, you may
