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Monthly Archives: January 2009
It Has All Come Down To This: Fresh Bread
Do you guys remember Mr. Retehtey from yesterday? Before the great S. cerevisiae visited his humble dough, he made his bread (crackers) with three basic ingredients: flour, salt and water. And then, there were four. To this day, wonderful breads … Continue reading
Posted in Pastry Ingredients, Pastry Methods, recipes
Tagged how to make bread, recipes, whole wheat bread
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You Should Really See Someone About That (Yeast: Part Deux)
What were we talking about yesterday? Ah, yes. Yeast. ‘Member? 1)Don’t be afraid of the yeast. 2)Keep the yeast at a comfortable temperature. You know, so it won’t DIE. 3)Use high-protein flour. 4)Yeast lives to turn sugar into alcohol+carbon dioxide+heat. … Continue reading
That is Quite A Case of Gas You Have There
I’m talking about yeast, people. Single-celled little fungi, yeast live to eat sugar, make alcohol and produce gas. Oh, and reproduce. And that’s pretty much their whole raison d’etre. Yeast is necessary in wine making, beer making and bread making. … Continue reading
The Two-Stage Mixing Method
In order for your baking to be as good as it can be, you need to use top quality ingredients, and you need to know how to put those ingredients together to get the results you want. This is where … Continue reading
Posted in Pastry Methods, recipes
Tagged creaming method, how to mix a cake, two-stage mixing method
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Saturday Odds-N-Ends
First, a story to make you smile and to underscore my one of my baking philosophies–almost any recipe can be saved from disaster by some quick thinking. Just be the “little baker that could.” A note, from loyal reader and … Continue reading
Product Review: IO Italian Organics Organic Sicilian Blood Orange Juice
I am on Twitter, and a couple of weeks before Christmas, a new company, Italian Organics, approached me to try their organic blood orange juice. They were looking for honest opinions of their product from foodies around the country. Liking … Continue reading
Miss Patsy's "Van Halen" Pound Cake
I told you guys I would be reporting on the making/baking/de-panning/eating of Miss Patsy’s famous pound cake recipe, sent to me by friend and reader Cindy. I have been sworn to secrecy about the exact recipe, so I … Continue reading
Posted in Pastry Methods, recipes
Tagged baking, Bundt cake, Pastry Methods, pound cake, Van Halen pound cake
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Have a Safe and Happy New Year's Celebration, People!
I am deep in the throes of baking pound cake–Miss Patsy’s top secret pound cake, sent to me by loyal friend and reader, Cindy. Late tomorrow, after the crowd devours it, I will be posting a step-by-step how-to for making … Continue reading
