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Years ago, one of my baking teachers warned us that baguettes are among the easiest of breads to bake but among the hardest to prepare.... Continue reading
Posted Jan 31, 2023 at STIR THE POTS
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New Years brings me back to Chad Robertson's Tartine book. Every time I read it, it reminds me why Chad has the respect of bakers... Continue reading
Posted Jan 21, 2023 at STIR THE POTS
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My wife had intended to imbibe a couscous salad of hers with currants, raisins and alcohol. It made no sense to me until I recalled... Continue reading
Posted Jan 16, 2023 at STIR THE POTS
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Just before New Years hit, me and my wife invited over friends for "hanging out." While the friends suggested that we avoid long stays in... Continue reading
Posted Jan 11, 2023 at STIR THE POTS
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Getting in my last bread of the year, the latest was inspired by Kruste & Krume's Youtube channel. It led to an amazing French crown... Continue reading
Posted Jan 6, 2023 at STIR THE POTS
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I found a new way sandwich roll for the holidays. It's a mix that riffs off panettone, all-be-it a bread that's not studded with fruit... Continue reading
Posted Dec 24, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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New challenges at work including sweetening the table for business meetings. I decided on baking "petit fours," classic's that I haven't made for many years... Continue reading
Posted Dec 16, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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For years, I have served Baked Alaska at my workplace. And each year I say we'll try something different. Up till now, no luck. As... Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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As is my usual predicament with timing and levain, I find myself in an endless battle to slow the hell down! Why? With fermentation. Here's... Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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Pain de campagne (aka "country bread")is a flavorful and structured bread. A wheat bread generally includes rye at around 10 percent. Below is a recent... Continue reading
Posted Nov 18, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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From my trip to France this past summer. Returning late to Cassis from a day trip in Aix-en Provence we couldn't get a bus or... Continue reading
Posted Nov 10, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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Work has been overtaking my usual lazy baking routine. All to say, that my job has forced me to baking without involving any retarding of... Continue reading
Posted Nov 5, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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From this past summer's vacation in France. Cassis offers a range of familial, starred and various tourist restaurants. Le Clos des Arômes is one of... Continue reading
Posted Oct 29, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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My Instagram feed has a variety of followers. A fellow by the name of Bun had a profile photo that caught my eye. It's of... Continue reading
Posted Oct 23, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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Years ago when I called myself "the lazy baker," I spent a lot of time on Facebook whining about scheduling my bread bakes. Writer and... Continue reading
Posted Oct 17, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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Pan Bagnat is an iconic Provencal sandwich which my mother taught us in childhood it's base is Nicoise salad on bread. Returning from Provence I... Continue reading
Posted Oct 10, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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It's been four years since we first visited Le Relais 50 in Marseille's Vieux-Port neighborhood.We taxied our way through ports docks to find my wife... Continue reading
Posted Oct 5, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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Some Frenchmen claim that bread is in decline in this nation that is known for treasured loaves. Apparently, French kids are as crazy as their... Continue reading
Posted Sep 25, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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My eight-hour flight to France made me feel like an aging sardine; dry, brittle, and salty. Also, awfully eager to slip into a tub of... Continue reading
Posted Sep 21, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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For me, linzertorte lingers among my childhood memories. Recently after making some blueberry jam, I picked up a linzertorte recipe and decided to bake a... Continue reading
Posted Sep 16, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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Tasked with making a simple dinner that was primarily plant-based, I revisited a dish from one of my visits to Turkey. Actually, it was one... Continue reading
Posted Sep 5, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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Kruste & Krume bakers Barbara van Melle and Simon Wöckl have a wonderful YouTube channel. Shot in their Viennese bakery (and spoken in German), their... Continue reading
Posted Aug 31, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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I am not sure why macaroni and cheese became entrenched as a deeply American dish. Someone once told me Thomas Jefferson might have introduced it,... Continue reading
Posted Aug 24, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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Visiting the south of France inspired both delight and anxiety. How to satisfy such great expectations? Well, I decided to book my restaurant reservations far... Continue reading
Posted Aug 23, 2022 at STIR THE POTS
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I always remember advice from my mother concerning food lingering in the fridge. She told me that before it dies forgotten on a shelf, gather... Continue reading
Posted Aug 6, 2022 at STIR THE POTS