There is no shortage of bread books in my cookbooks collection; I don’t usually think of The Gourmet Cookbook, edited by Ruth Reichl, as one of…
Among my daughter’s favorite foods are avocado toast and kale anything. There is something telling about her preferences; they are the signs of the times. These…
Jeffery Hamelman/ Levain & Yeast Hybrid/ sourdough/ whole grain/ year round
Sourdough Rye with Raisins and Walnuts
This is an excellent bread that pairs well with goat cheese and cured meat. The sourdough rye with raisins and walnuts gets its flavor from many…
New York, Chicago or Turkish pizza — take your pick. Let’s start with the least well known of the three, the Turkish pizza. They are smaller…
bread with preferment/ Jim Lahey/ Levain & Yeast Hybrid/ Ruth Reichl/ winter
Jim Lahey’s No-Knead Bread | Cabin Fever
Up against the harsh wintry weather, here is a great relief to cabin fever. All you need is flour, water, yeast and salt, the necessary ingredients…
The sourdough rye with walnuts has very high percentage (over 60%) of…
easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Other Breads/ Pantry essentials/ quick bread/ Ruth Reichl
Easy Skillet Corn Bread | Gluten-free #Thanksgiving
Here is an easy skillet corn bread for the Thanksgiving table (or for stuffing). What differentiates this corn bread is that it’s made with 100% corn…
Bread-making is a homely ceremony that renews, energizes and nourishes. When I see a new and different bread recipe, I just couldn’t let go. Here I…
What attracts me most about the dish is the seasonal squash. David Lebovitz says: “this panade is one of the few dishes I’ve eaten in my…
This is a global bun that dabbles in the world cuisine. First of all, it is a hybrid of the chinese steamed bun and duck confit,…
Blanch/ Levain bread/ Ruth Reichl/ Sauté/ sourdough/ whole grain/ whole wheat
Spicy Tuscan Kale & Homemade Bread Crumbs
The spicy Tuscan kale is my top pick from Ruth Reichl’s My Kitchen Year for the pantry gourmet challenge at IHCC. There are not one, or two, pantry…
Dairy free/ Gluten free/ Levain bread/ Low fat/ my favorites/ Soup
Emerald Corn Chowder With Roasted Tomatillos | Rick Bayless
Emerald corn chowder sounds exotic. Roasted tomatillos and poblano are titillating choices. Combining emerald corn chowder with roasted tomatillo and poblano seems exciting and worthy of…
If whole wheat bread tastes this good, I would eat more of it. I find this 50% whole wheat ciabatta entirely satisfying—as a nutritious bread and…
You can smell garlic bread miles away. The biggest appeal of the roasted garlic levain bread is unequivocally the smell. It’s mellow and it permeates every…
I have been working on porridge breads for a while now. Still tweaking on the best way to get the porridge cooked to the proper consistency,…
bread with preferment/ Levain bread/ Pantry essentials/ whole grain/ whole wheat
Citrus Pan au Levain with Poppy and Sesame Seeds | BBB
A citrus pan au levain hosted by Cathy at Bread Experience for BBB laid down some interesting ground rules. I decided to play within these rules…
kitchen hack/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ Pizza/ straight dough/ year round/ Yeast bread
No-Roll Stuffed Pizza with Ricotta and Arugula | A New Twist
An old adage goes: “guests and fish begin to smell after three days.” So the rule for house guests is generally a three-day max, even for…
A few weeks ago, I made a similar five-grain bread with pâte fermenteé. That was the most delectable breads I’ve eaten, so I’m making it again…
Eric Ripert’s gochujang – Korean style shrimp bouillabaisse caught my attention when I began exploring his extensive seafood recipes. Making bouillabaisse has been on my to-do…
Bread of the Month for the Bread Baking Babes (BBB) is the whole wheat sourdough, Lariano style, hosted by Elizabeth, of blog from OUR kitchen. I…
The idea of Giada’s burrata and kale salsa verde bruschetta came from Kim, at IHCC. Thank you, Kim for bringing this recipe to our attention. She…
When the sourdough starter is not ready for action, I reach for yeasted pre-ferments to jumpstart the bread making process. Or if a starter is not…
bread with preferment/ breakfast/ cheese/ Ina Garten/ Jeffery Hamelman/ Pantry essentials/ scalable/ Side/ Yeast bread
Herbed-Baked Eggs | Shirred Eggs
The herbed-baked eggs are also known as shirred eggs. A dish consisting of an egg that is placed in a small buttered dish and broiled until the white…
bread with preferment/ Chad Robertson/ Jim Lahey/ Ken Forkish/ Levain bread/ Peter Reinhart/ sourdough/ whole grain
Royal Crown Tortano with Emmer | Happy 10th Anniversary BBB
Royal crown tortano is the first bread the online baking group Bread Baking Babes (BBB) baked in 2008. Ten years and 120 breads later, the group…
bread with preferment/ Chad Robertson/ Levain bread/ my favorites/ Tartine
Tartine Blue Corn Polenta Bread | BBB
The real challenge in bread making is to be on point every step of the way, pushing the limit at times, showing restraint at others and…