When it comes to bread-baking, many paths seem to lead to the same destination. Some of those paths might leave you a little off-target, but with flour, water and yeast, you’ll wind up with something like bread in the end. Through my own efforts, your comments and the words of assorted experts, in fact, I’m […]
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Second try at 100% whole wheat bread better
January 19th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Food preparation, recipes
I decided I’d give Mark Bittman’s All Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread a shot after being underwhelmed by the results of Slow Fermented Whole Wheat Bread, both of which he discussed in his NYTimes column. If you don’t remember that one, here’s my report on it. It was as bricklike as promised, a little too leaden […]
Sweet potato muffins a nice use of excess tubers
January 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Food preparation, recipes
Last we mentioned my end-of-season sweet potatoes, it was in a post complaining about the sad quality of supermarket pecans. Not to worry, though; they aren’t rotting in my basement. I did fear that might be their lot, however, if I didn’t do something with them since they weren’t “cured.” What to do with pounds […]
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Slow-fermented whole-grain bread a puzzler
January 2nd, 2009 · 16 Comments · Food preparation, local food, recipes
My first venture into making artisanal (ha!) style whole-wheat bread has been…interesting. Here’s the deal: I have a favorite 100 percent whole-wheat bread, from Farm to Market Bread Co., that I like to use for sandwiches. It’s tasty, has a nice texture and is local, more or less. (It’s from Kansas City, about 40 miles […]
Store’s pecans fail to live up to past standard
December 17th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Food selection
Holiday baking has me thinking of my dad. As I previously noted, Dad liked pecans (understandable for a Southern boy), and for the past few years he has treated his daughters at Christmastime to 2 pounds of shelled pecans from Sunnyland Farms in Albany, Georgia. I thought those pecans were nice and tasted good, but […]
Great green tomatoes! Bring out the canner and cake pan! (And the relish tips…)
October 15th, 2008 · 12 Comments · Food preparation, Food selection, local food, recipes
When life gives you green tomatoes, you might as well make Green Tomato Cake and Green Tomato Chutney. Some people would also make Green Tomato Pickles. I probably should have. Here, in any case, is the story. The setup Sure, I told my sister. I’ll take some of your green tomatoes. Don’t just throw them […]