When we visit Massachusetts, we always try to stop by some of the great bakeries there. For some reason there aren’t that many places to get great bread in DC. I am sure some people are going to chime in about Marvelous Market, Firehook, or Le Pain Quandant, and they do turn out decent breads. […]
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We lost a good friend a couple days ago… our pizza stone. It had survived 2 moves and plenty of good bread baking and pizza making. I think what may have finally done it in was a leaking calzone. I tried making calzone and I made the second one up too soon so the dough […]
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I know the phrase “Epic†is totally played out and is tossed around way too easily, but seriously how else do you describe a 4 pound loaf of bread that is over a foot and a half across. If a loaf that large is not considered Epic, what would be? The name for this large […]
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There is a secret all of the bread loaf recipe writer don’t want you to know: You can use those very same recipes to make Rolls! Thats right, you could have been making glorious Rolls this whole time instead of boring old loafs. What a shame. So here is the deal, during the last phase […]
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One of my favorite baking blogs is Baker’s Banter, which is written by the fine folks up at King Arthur Flour. I know I am only one sentence in, but I am going to side track onto flour prices… and food prices in general. KA flour is definitely more expensive. I can get a 5lbs […]
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So I know I am a little late to the “No-Knead Bread” party, but I am now a believer. I just got Lahey’s new book, My Bread. He is the guy that popularized this method. I know there is tons of stuff out there on making no-knead, but sometimes I just like books better. In […]
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The Lazy Baker sent us a cookie mix to try. Just how lazy of a baker am I? Well, it took me a good 2-3 months to get around to making the cookies. It’s not that I was lazy, but that I was waiting for an occasion to make them. Actually, our ambitions were quite […]
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Every time one of our readers clicks on one of the links to Amazon and buys something, they kick me back a couple of cents on the dollar. It is not a lot at all, but after a while it adds up and soon I have enough to buy a book or two. One of […]
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A while back we tried baked eggs and found a versatile dish that was a keeper. The only drawback with our original version is that you have to turn on the oven, even if you just baking two eggs. Sort of seems like a waste, doesn’t it? Luckily we have a toaster oven and the […]
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As you may remember, we had a little trouble with popovers last time we tried. Luckily we don’t give up easily. Our latest attempt was a lot more successful. I am not sure what the difference was, but this time I was careful not to over-beat the batter. Give it a try and let us […]
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