There seem to be as many variations of Greek Celebration bread, or “Artos” as there are holidays, each with their own tradition and meaning in both when they are made and the symbology of their ingredients. For the second in the line of the Bread Baker’s Apprentice challenge I chose Christopsomos. My choice was based [...]
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Wallace and Gromit’s newest short film “A Matter of Loaf and Death” will be coming to North America in June. If you’re lucky enough to be a subscriber to AT&T’s U-verse you’ll be able to access it FREE for three days before anyone else. My husband loves Wallace and Gromit. I’m a fan, and I [...]
Shopping at the farmer’s market isn’t like going to the grocery store. When going to the store I go with a list in hand. I know what I am going to make, and I know what I need to buy. At the farmer’s market things are the other way around. I buy what is in [...]
Read any number of baking forums that discuss baking sourdough bread and you might get the idea that keeping a sourdough starter is rather like keeping a pet. Granted, it takes far less care than a cat, and far more than a pet rock. A gold fish, perhaps. A gold fish that, inevitably, once you’ve [...]
The official grand opening of the Pearl Farmer’s Market was last weekend. A few weeks ago this was a sleepy little farmer’s market that one could easily traverse. Given a little media exposure, however, that’s now not the case. Now, it’s practically come early, or don’t come at all.
My husband had taken the day off today. We had no committments and, other than getting up to walk the dog, no where to be at any particular time. For us, this is a rarity to be cherished. On the spur of the moment we decided to go to the Antique Rose Emporium but within [...]
I’d planned on joining Pinch My Salt’s BBA-Challenge. Unfortunatley I missed the cut-off date to join, but I’ve decided to play along at home anyway. The first bread in the book is “Anadama Bread.” Compared to many of the breads I’ve made using Reinhart’s books, this bread was quick and simple to make! The warm [...]
To me, there’s nothing better than fresh produce that comes straight from the farm. It often costs a bit more than what you buy from your the chain grocery, but unlike the price variance between Wal-Mart and H.E.B., Safeway, Randall’s or Kroger’s the difference is worth it. For one, I know who I am supporting. [...]
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It seems, at times, that there’s as many ways of making bread as there are stars in the sky. Unleavened flat breads such as injera that seem to have a closer relationship to pancakes than bread, more dough-based flatbreads such as naan, roti, tortillas and the like, yeastless “quick” breads such as cornbread, commercial yeast-risen [...]
Welcome to “The Yeast I Could Do,” a blog exploring the journey of bread, of baking, of gardening, and of things between. It may seem like an odd mix – the combination of baking and gardening, but what is a fresh loaf of rosemary sourdough without herbs snipped fresh from the garden? The two are [...]