The Power of the Poolish
Posted by Susan in Breads, Breads Made With Yeast, Featured Articles, How To on Jun 3rd, 2009 | 36 Comments
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,...
Spiral Coffee Cake with Nuts and Orange Marmalade
Posted by Ari in Breads, Breads Made With Yeast, Desserts, Featured Articles on May 27th, 2009 | 56 Comments
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 sensation of fresh, fluffy bread melting in your mouth....
Irresistible Traveler’s Chocolate Muffins
Posted by Ari in Featured Articles, My Recipes, Quick & Easy, Quick Breads on May 11th, 2009 | 63 Comments
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 the moment of my return - right? I’m kidding....
Cinnamon Pan Dulce (Mexican Morning Buns)
Spur of the Moment Blueberry Zucchini Bread
Pumpkin Butter Morning Glory Muffins
(Vegetarian) Whole Wheat Chorizo-Onion Bread
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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...)
