A lifetimes fascination with food somehow led to importing pottery from Europe. Initially we marketed through home parties. During our first Christmas season we realized people were looking for gifts rather than items for themselves so we decided to make our bowls and cups into baskets by going back into the kitchen. After filling them with gourmet goodies we made ourselves, the phone never stopped ringing with people looking for more.
1. Make sure your yeast is really fresh. Test some in warm water with a little sugar if you are doubtful about its age. It should start to bubble within a few minutes, if not, discard it and buy a new pack. 2. Put your bread into the ...
Soda bread came to life in Ireland sometime in the 1800's. Irish cooks had little time to bake. Breads leavened with baking soda rather than yeast were naturally simpler to make.
Original recipes combined flour, buttermilk, bakin...
I love March, I love parsnips and I love this bread!
I am torn, finally some half way decent snow... (yes, I do realize I am probably the only one thinking that) Charlie is running around like a crazy person, imploring me to s...
I was startled to learn that soda bread was probably the invention of American Indians. I grew up thinking it was a legendary Irish creation. What really happened was the potato famine...
People needed something cheap and simple t...
If you did not already know, Baking with Julia - the cookbook was created to pay homage to Baking With Julia the series. In it Julia Child brought some of her favorite bakers to share their specialties. Marion Cunningham was an aw...
This is a recipe I have been playing with over the past couple years. It started out as a quick bread and ended up as a no kneed masterpiece. It is fabulous aside a beef stew and stupendous with a schemer of blueberry jam. It's even a...
Since I listened to a Splendid Table podcast last year about No Kneed Bread I have been trying to master it. The interview was with Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes Fame (below). I had been playing aro...
I believe I have been detered from making bread on a regular basis because of the thought of the work involved. Not that it is actually a lot of work. It is the idea of the kneeding, the waiting and possibility that it will not rise...
I love making bread. On ordinary days I experiment. On special days I pull out tried and tested recipes. Certain meals and special occassions call for specific recipes. This one is my go to loaf for a Sunday brunch.
The combinat...
Every fall the tired old coffee cans came out of the cupboard and the scent of pumpkin and spiced filled the air of Nana's Kitchen. She would make a couple batches and end up with a dozen funny round breads. Some went into the freezer...