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 had a new thought in my ongoing bread experiments. It actually suggests that I’ve been a bit stupid. But here’s the thing. Recipes for soudough bread nearly universally suggest that you cook the bread at a high temperature for the effect on the crust, and rise, and all kinds of bready things. But! I [...]
I made an upside down cake that I didn’t turn upside down. It didn’t want to come loose from the pan, and I didn’t care. Just cut pieces, dug them out of the pan, and enjoyed. It used four cups of rhubarb and 1 1/3 cups of flour. That seemed like a lot of fruit [...]
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