Nourishing Joy in the Home Kitchen
During my first week of vacation between working and starting culinary school, I gave myself a challenge: croissants. I’ve never made puff-pastry and it’s always intimidated me, so I figured a full day off with nothing to do was the perfect time to take the …
I’ve written before about how much I enjoy baking homemade bread here: Sunday Baking Series: The Miracle of Bread. After baking many different types of loaves, mostly from Ken Forkish‘s fabulous book Flour Water Salt Yeast, I was ready to branch out on my own. I thought …
Bread gets a bad wrap these days. It always seems like everyone is trying to “cut down” on their bread intake, be it calories, carbs, gluten, or whatever other fad diet grabs our attention. And yet, bread has sustained humans for thousands of years. I’ve …
Bread may be one of the most intimidating things to try your own hand at, especially if you already have access to good-quality bread from a professional baker nearby. Yes, most recipes look more like chapters out of a textbook and use weird words like …