Not sure about anyone else but during lockdown we baked more than our share of fresh bread as well as pastries and even Tartine croissants. It was a very guilty pleasure to have the time to do so, and there is nothing like the smell of fresh bread being baked. Pure comfort! When Wildgrain reached …
Here we are a year into the new way of living. For us, that journey has meant a lot of homemade bread. When I do not have time to make sourdough, or I forgot to start the process of sourdough, I have a handful of faithful bread or bread-like recipes I can fall back on. …
Here I am trying to sneak zucchini into our meals. Not really, this time, Lenny likes my zucchini bread, and it is the one time he does not turn up his nose at what he considers a boring vegetable. Which by the way, why do so many men think zucchini is a terrible veg? I …
I recently wrote about how I do my best recipe development while driving the car. I also do some of my best baking when I am stressed out – it is a good thing I don’t often stress, or I’d be as big as the kitchen! There is something about precise measuring of ingredients and …
Pet Peeve of mine is when I buy a bag of pita chips, which is overpriced anyhow, and I bring it home and it is only a fourth of the way full. The rest if air and half of the chips are crushed. Not to mention, most of the times, the chips do not test …
As our friend Betsy says, “you have to make this”. A few of you have emailed me asking for a post on the truffle-inspired brioche I used for that killer grilled cheese last week. Your emails provoked me to make another batch over the weekend; after all, I have to make sure the recipe for …
I was shooting some product for a client the other day and needed bread. I searched for a gorgeous loaf that was photo worthy but couldn’t find one at the market. I did the next best thing, I baked a loaf of this English Muffin Bread. Then I decided not to keep it so …
We decided to jaunt over to Barcelona Spain to visit friends who have been living there for the past year. I had never been to Barcelona, and this would be Lenny’s third trip. We were excited to see everyone we had been missing, and could not wait to take in a new culture. Not knowing …