BBA Italian Bread
Italian Bread from the BBA Challenge.
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BBA French Bread & Chanterelles
French Bread from the BBA Challenge and the joys of the Chanterelle.
BBA Focaccia & New Beginnings
These bread images were captured over a span of 10 minutes, the shortest-ever photo shoot in the history of this blog. It was done while the living/kitchen/office space of our previous home was cluttered with a manic array of boxes, bags and countless knick-knacks that a patient and helpful friend …
English Muffins & Eggs Benedict
Peter Reinhart’s easy English Muffins from the BBA Challenge, served up in a deliciously indulgent breakfast of Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon.
Cornbread Muffins & Cranberry Walnut Bread
When the weather starts cooling off, that’s when you know it’s time to start turning on the oven and dirtying your hands in…..flour. After a month of pudding, tarts and cakes, I was only too happy to get back to the therapeutic rhythm of kneading bread dough, shaping it and …
Cinnamon & Cinnamon
I’ve been wrapped in cinnamon for the past week as part of the BBA Challenge, so here’s a double-barreled post on Cinnamon buns and Cinnamon raisin walnut bread. Both breads were relatively easy to make (though not without their challenges, as described below), and surprisingly I was more fond of …
Peter Reinhart’s Ciabatta & A Recipe
Wet. Dough. Those two words pretty much sum up my weekend Ciabatta attempt in the latest installment of the BBA Challenge. I was excited enough about the recipe, with its wet and sticky dough to sink my fingers into and the adventure ahead as I tried to transform my ’50s …
The Post-Modern Challah
Following the last two enriched (and flavorful) breads in the BBA Challenge, the sixth bread in Peter Reinhart’s book brings us to the Jewish celebratory bread, Challah. I had seen this braided, glistening loaf many times before at the bakery close to the office where I stopped to get coffee, …
Casatiello, your Sandwich in a Slice
It has been way too long since my last post on the BBA Challenge with our summer holiday and jet-lag getting in the way. But I’m back now and raring to catch up with the rest of the bakers! To continue my scandalous love affair with the Brioche, Peter Reinhart …
BBA Challenge #4 – Brioche, je t’aime
Ahhhhh la brioche! Any cookbook with a brioche recipe has a guaranteed spot on my shelf. I cannot adequately express the depth of my love affair with this buttery cake-like bread, how I spent so many days and nights fantasizing about its airy texture and indulgently rich crumb, mentally walking …