I have a cycle I go through when cooking. I find a new fun item (such as specialty flours made from heirloom wheat), or a new technique (like sourdough). I learn how to do some simple thing like make a lovely loaf of bread or irresistible pancakes. I do this for a while and then [...]
My brain is seriously scattered these days. I’m waiting for the second proof copy of my book so I can check on the new iteration of the cover art. I absolutely love the picture, and it is full of tiny details that make me laugh. Death Comes to the Science Fair needs to make its [...]
In the course of my sourdough education I’ve been told that you can use the sourdough starter straight up, without adding more flour and doing exciting things like waiting all night. But I had not actually read such a recipe till this week. I was looking for sourdough pumpkin pancake recipes and found a recipe [...]
I made some bread last night and then, because my grandchild who is madly allergic to dairy will be in my house briefly, I greased the pans with coconut oil. I've done this in the past and it mostly worked. This time it did NOT work, and when I tried to release the bread from [...]
I started making sourdough bread five years ago when yeast wasn’t readily available in grocery stores (during the pandemic). At that time I learned to make a basic loaf and somehow made it work in ways that I can’t repeat now. I had a rhythm going that kept the starter alive, and could make some [...]
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