Extreme Chocolate Cake and Caribbean Photos
It’s been a while since I’ve updated and to that I can only say: oops! The hiatus was unintentional and due mostly to the fact that returning from vacation is as exhausting as preparing for time away in the first place. Isn’t that funny? You go on vacation because you’re tuckered...
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Posted by Susan on Jun 3rd, 2009
Name any ingredient you can think of, and chances are you’ve seen it in a bread recipe. Seeds, fruits, vegetables, nuts, herbs, spices, eggs, oil, sugar… all make regular appearances in ingredient lists, and contribute to some wonderfully...
Posted by Zoe on May 31st, 2009
My name is Zoë François, I’m the co-author of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day and the body, heart and soul behind the website Zoë Bakes. I’m absolutely thrilled and honored to be a guest blogger on Baking and Books while Ari is...
Posted by Ari on May 27th, 2009
It’s hard to describe the sheer awesomeness of this coffee cake, with its beautiful spirals and layers of brown sugar, pecans, walnuts and orange marmalade. But for you, I will try. Imagine the aroma of warm sugar and nuts, think about the...
Posted by Ari on May 25th, 2009
A couple weeks ago I wrote about my container herb garden and since then my plants have more than doubled in size. The strawberry plant is humongous, as are the oregano and rosemary plants growing beside it. And my sage plant? Well, just look at...
Posted by Ari on May 19th, 2009
There’s something about living 2,865 miles away from your family that gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “home is where the heart is.” On one side of the continent are your mother, brother, father and grandmother, and on the...
Posted by Ari on May 11th, 2009
Tomorrow I’m flying to California to visit my family and though my husband is skilled in the kitchen I still like to leave baked goods for him when I travel. It seems only fair since he’ll be pining away for me every day, eagerly awaiting...
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"Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts." - James Beard
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The Power of the Poolish
Name any ingredient you can think of, and chances are you’ve seen it in a bread recipe. Seeds, fruits, vegetables, nuts, herbs, spices, eggs, oil, sugar… all make regular appearances in ingredient lists, and contribute to some wonderfully flavorful loaves.
And yet, at its simplest, truest,...
Name any ingredient you can think of, and chances are you’ve seen it in a bread recipe. Seeds, fruits, vegetables, nuts, herbs, spices, eggs, oil, sugar… all make regular appearances in ingredient lists, and contribute to some wonderfully flavorful loaves.
And yet, at its simplest, truest,...
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Whole Wheat Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes
February 24th is National Pancake Day and since I love pancakes I couldn’t help but share one of my favorite recipes with you. Whole Wheat Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes are easy to make and packed with good-for-you nutrients in the form of whole wheat flour, wheat germ and blueberries. Buttermilk...
February 24th is National Pancake Day and since I love pancakes I couldn’t help but share one of my favorite recipes with you. Whole Wheat Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes are easy to make and packed with good-for-you nutrients in the form of whole wheat flour, wheat germ and blueberries. Buttermilk...
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Homemade Tomato Soup & Open Faced Vegetable Melts (Plus: How to Bake with Yeast)
Those of you who live in areas that see a lot of snow will understand when I say that sometimes a 10 minute drive to the market for a loaf of bread is so not worth it. Like last week, when Connecticut was being covered in sheets of snow and freezing rain, and I realized I’d forgotten to buy a...
Those of you who live in areas that see a lot of snow will understand when I say that sometimes a 10 minute drive to the market for a loaf of bread is so not worth it. Like last week, when Connecticut was being covered in sheets of snow and freezing rain, and I realized I’d forgotten to buy a...
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Spiced Quinoa Timbales with Avocado-Orange Spinach Salad
Passover is in full swing and if you’re anything like me you’re getting mighty creative with your menu this week. Anything derived from the five major grains, plus rice and beans, are still off limits… which is problematic when your favorite pastime is baking and you love eating pasta....
Passover is in full swing and if you’re anything like me you’re getting mighty creative with your menu this week. Anything derived from the five major grains, plus rice and beans, are still off limits… which is problematic when your favorite pastime is baking and you love eating pasta....
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride By Daniel James Brown
It's not often that a history book will compel me to set all my novels aside, but "The Indifferent Stars Above" certainly did. Within the first few pages I was spellbound. I had to know how Sarah, a young woman newly married to her childhood sweetheart, would end up on top of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the dead of winter, starving and forced to do unspeakable things in order to survive.
"The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride" tells the story of the Donner Party from the perspective of newlyweds Sarah Graves and Jay Fosdick. In April of 1846 the couple joined Sarah's family as they journeyed west from Illinois to the promised land of California. (Read the rest of this review...)
