bread and grain food

Starchy stuff style food.

Sourdough Bread Tending, Basics, and Baking

March 15, 2009
Sourdough Bread Tending, Basics, and Baking

Making bread with sourdough can be rewarding. It requires some patience, but overall keeping a culture around is pretty easy and somewhat forgiving. I started with the Goldrush sourdough culture, purchased in a small kool-aid sized pouch from Woodmans, and have been feeding it for a few months. The degree of sour is good, but [...]

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Sourdough Flambee Crust

March 14, 2009
Sourdough Flambee Crust

Tarte Flambee Sourdough inspired by Biro.

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Lazy Man’s Bread Recipe

March 24, 2007
Lazy Man’s Bread Recipe

This recipe works very well if you have the time. It requires no mixer, and only basic skills. The result will be a professional looking bread with a crisp crust and great looking crumb. Use a large cast iron pot with a lid (le creuset works well.) I make this quite frequently and it’s very [...]

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Deep Dish Pizza Dough

February 19, 2006
Deep Dish Pizza Dough

The Crust 2 1/4 tsp dry yeast (1 package) 1 cup warm water 1/4 cup canola oil 2 tbsp olive oil 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour 1/4 cup cornmeal 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp salt In a mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in the water and add the oil, cornmeal and 1 3/4 cups of [...]

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Granola Redux

October 22, 2005

Granola. Most of the crap you can buy in the store has more fat than a big mac. Store granola is also sweet, loaded with sugars. They’ll make you fat. Don’t hippies care anymore? No.. they’re all about the profit of their granola. BMW’s come from granola proceeds. Hippies have joined the dark side. Below [...]

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