I know, everyone and their monkey are into sourdough these days. I had resisted because flour was hard to come by in the early days of the pandemic and our friend Bruce had beaten into my brain that starters need to be fed every day to remain viable and uncontaminated by unfriendly flora. Two weeks …
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Apr 12
Not Canceled
This spring has been a series of cancellations. March Madness. In-person religious services. The annual Mixed-Marriage Passover Seder. However, there is one thing that I refused to cancel: The annual hot cross bun bake. Hot cross buns are a British tradition on Good Friday. I wind up making them on Easter weekend. I’ve used several …
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Apr 08
Cooking as Comfort
In these times, having something under your control is essential to one’s sanity. Even better if it doesn’t require potential pathogen exposure. Julian and I have been cooking and baking up a storm with ingredients we have on hand. Last week I got some burger out of the freezer. I didn’t have any buns in …
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Nov 13
Sourdough Experiments
Julian invited our friend Bruce over to pick his brain on another home improvement project. As a reward, Bruce gave me a bit of sourdough starter he got from Sea Wolf Bakers. The starter has bounced to life quite nicely after a feeding or two. Not wanting to throw away perfectly good starter when I …
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Aug 12
Baking Between the Lines
I decided to make the One True Cobbler® for this year’s Spiediefest. Since several of our friends have wheat or gluten allergies, I decided to try a gluten-free (GF) version. This experiment was potentially fraught with peril, but I forged ahead anyway. The most important thing in baking side-by-side versions of goodies like cobblers or …
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Jan 15
Baking Frenzy
Periodically I have a weekend when all I have to do is bake. Normally these baking frenzies occur around Christmas; however, we didn’t get back from vacation until December 20th. So there was pent-up demand to fling some flour around. Two occasions precipitated this weekend’s frenzy. Last week our friend BG gifted me with some …
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Sep 03
How to Gemisch a Recipe
Gemisch is Yiddish for mess. In our house, gemisch refers to a culinary experiment. It can be the product of too many things to use up in the fridge or an adaptation of a recipe because you forgot an ingredient. Some gemisches live up to the translation; others enter the echelon of epic eating. Most …
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Feb 26
Sick Day Doings
The sniffles started around lunchtime on Thursday. By the time I left the office, I was in full-tilt sneeze mode. Our Homeowners’ Association annual meeting was that night, but I sent Julian there solo and was in bed by 8:30. I woke up at 3 on Friday morning, took some decongestant, emailed in sick, and …
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Oct 08
Rainy Saturday Activity
It was cool and raining this morning. What to do? Make some bread. Next question: What bread to make? I went to my trusty copy of Bernard Clayton Jr.’s New Complete Book of Breads. I found a garlic bread recipe that I’d made years ago. The garlic cloves are peeled, blanched, run through a press, …
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Jul 09
Experiments with the New Equipment
So the induction range (with convection oven) and the new microwave are installed. Before we left for Portland, we didn’t have much time to play. I brought a cold home with me and called in sick on Wednesday, so both of us did a bit more experimenting. Here are our initial observations. The stove heats …
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