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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Chocolate’s DNAs
Posted in Article, Desserts Tagged dna of chocolate plant, dna of chocolate tree, nature Comments closed
Active Dry Yeast Photo: Appreciate Winter Light
©Dry Yeast photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman
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How to Make Your Subjects Glow: Lilac Jelly
©photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman
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Ciabatta
Donna and I met Carri Thurman, who owns and runs Two Sisters Bakery in Homer, Alaska, a year ago fall when she came to introduce herself bearing bread from On the Rise Bakery and some of her own Lilac Jelly. The day was exquisite fall and the jelly inspired a great still life from Donna. And it was a pleasure to meet a fellow blogger and frequent commentor on this site. Naturally, this professional baker was first on the request list for a guest blog during bread baking month. Herewith, Carri Thurman, and a ciabatta recipe that interests me in two specific ways. First, it requires a kind of starter or what some people refer to as a preferment: a little bit of ...
Posted in Bread, Guest Post Tagged baking ciabatta, baking ciabatta at home, bread baking recipe, carri from two sisters bakery, carri thurman, ciabatta, ciabatta recipe, guest post, january bread month Comments closed
Announcements: Charcutepalooza and OpenSky
This week, two enthusiastic cook-bloggers, Cathy Barrow, of Washington, DC, and Kim Foster, of New York City, put a name to their joint efforts in curing duck breasts for duck prosciutto, hashtagging it on Twitter #charcutepalooza. Their aim, one Charcuterie challenge per month. A splendid idea, I thought. The more cooking and curing that people do, the better the world is. And the duck prosciutto is a perfect way to begin, an all but foolproof form of dry curing. They've asked me to weigh in when needed and I will. To their amazement, and my delight, 54 bloggers at last count have embraced the charcutepalooza challenge. MrsWheelBarrow has the how what where on her site. Join them in their monthly charcuterie quests! May the body of charcuterie be with you.
OpenSky: A New ...
Posted in Bread, Charcutepalooza, Charcuterie, ruhlman products Tagged cathy barrow, Charcutepalooza, charcuterie, january bread month, kim foster, Mrs Wheel Barrow, Opensky, the Yummy Mummy Comments closed
Don’t Fear the Microbes: Yeast Basics
Active Dry Yeast/photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman
Posted in Bread Tagged bread, bread dough, bread recipes, learn about yeast used in bread, leavened bread, yeast Comments closed
Bread Baking Month: Multigrain Boule
Mulitgrain Bread/Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman
Posted in Bread, Bread App, Ratios, Recipes Tagged baking bread at home, bread app, how to make bread, making multigrain bread at home, multigrain bread ratio, multigrain bread recipe from scratch, recipe for multigrain boule, whole grain bread recipe Comments closed
Get Up & Cook!!!
Posted in Article, Rant Tagged chop fry boil, Mark Bittman, new york times, no more TV cook Comments closed
Northeast Milk Monopoly
Posted in Article, Food Politics Tagged $30 million settlement for dairy farmers, dean foods pays dairy farmers back, northeast dairy farmers, the huffington post Comments closed
