We’re in the midst of Viadoom over here in Seattle – a.k.a. Viapocalypse, a.k.a. Vimageddon, a.k.a. the Seattle Squeeze. There are probably other dreadful names for it, but, basically, one of the major routes through the city, a two-level raised highway called the Viaduct, is […]
Ok, admittedly, this is kind of a mouthful of a recipe title, and you might be thinking: wow, sourdough and whole wheat and oatmeal in a pancake seems like kind of a lot. Full disclosure: these are kind of a lot. They are hearty and serious, especially when […]
Look, I married him anyway, but my partner doesn’t really go for breakfast for dinner. I KNOW. It’s madness, and I will never understand. If I served breakfast for dinner, he would utter nary a word, because he’s that kind of guy, but he isn’t […]
Look, I’m all about the artisan boule. It is my preferred bread form, and I make between four and eight loaves a week. No, I do not eat them all, but I delight in the three-day process to nurture them into existence and the joy […]
I ate so much today for Easter brunch – including a quite successful, if slightly underbaked, chocolate babka/krantz cake that I successfully adapted from the Ottolenghi recipe in Jerusalem (using a few notes from Smitten Kitchen) to work as a naturally leavened, pre-fermented sourdough concoction. Can I […]
It has been a week. Somehow we’ve stumbled to Friday, but I’ve been sick with a wretched cough/fever/ache-in-the-joints that has been rather unpleasant for everyone. Though I did spend yesterday afternoon curled up on the couch, reading with the three-year old (that’s right, with – […]
How’s your starter looking? Bubbly and happy? Are you feeding it every day? Is it sour and pungent? Have you taken a little taste, and immediately screwed up your face because *wowser* that’s why they call it sourdough? Have you used it in anything yet? Are […]
Woohoo! I love kitchen stuff! I love owning it. I love shopping for it. I love wandering the aisles of a fancy kitchen shop and wondering how I could fit that particularly useful/utterly useless item onto my overstuffed kitchen counters. I’m also very good at […]
Bananas rarely last long enough in our household for me to make banana bread. More often, they’ve been gobbled up for an after run or after school snack, or I’ve frozen them to be tossed into smoothies. This past week, I bought a bunch of […]
Dinner becomes extra comforting when there is a loaf of fresh bread at the table. Indeed, sometimes it is the only part of the meal my kids will eat, and when I’ve made it myself, it doesn’t seem like such a bad option. We almost […]