This is Nick. (Since my wonderful wife writes 99% of our blog posts, I felt the need to state that up front.) This recipe is a special request from my classmate, Vanessa, who is looking for a non-traditional cornbread to make with her boyfriend for Thanksgiving this year. I made this cornbread last week to [...]
I baked my first bread two years ago. Since then, I have made loaves of sourdough, French baguettes, and focaccia with fresh chopped herbs. But I’ve always had my eye on the marble rye for two reasons: 1) a few years ago Emily and I visited NYC, and we had an awesome pastrami sandwich on [...]
Yesterday was day 3 of “Oh What Fun It Is To …” Yes, I’m a bit behind with my “Create” post, but better late than never! Check out all of yesterday’s creative craft ideas over at The Tichenor Family. Nick and I like to exercise our creativity in the kitchen, and our contribution to the [...]
I’ve been told I have great buns, but wait until you see my baguettes! As I mentioned in my sourdough post, bread and beer are near and dear to my heart for two reasons: (1) they are quite delectable, and (2) their symbiotic relationship with yeast represents one of the oldest forms of biotechnology. What [...]
Bread and beer share a symbiotic relationship with yeast, a bond that represents one of the oldest forms of biotechnology. However, bakers (and brewers) from long ago did not have access to neatly packaged yeast like we do today, thus they had to capture the wild yeast strains that were floating around in the air. [...]
I love beer and bread. One reason is because the use of yeast in these products is perhaps the oldest form of biotechnology. Another reason is that they both taste so darn good! The problem with both, however, is that they require patience — a virtue I usually lack. Nonetheless, my intrigue for bread took [...]
In Munich, we indulged in pretzels as big as our heads. Unfortunately, it wasn’t possible to make dozens of gigantic pretzels for our Oktoberfest party. So we made 50 mini versions instead. Nick is the bread baker in this marriage, but he was busy buying beer and tenderizing meat on Saturday morning, so it was [...]
Why have we not done this before? We don’t buy grocery store cookies or cakes (with the exception of peanut butter pie from Wegmans), so why have we settled for bagged, preserved bread for so long? Thank you, Mark Bittman, for providing a simple recipe to follow in our first attempt at homemade bread. It [...]