That faint sound you hear is of distant knuckles cracking. Mine. Enough of all this stress and sleeplessness. There’s baking to be done! So let’s get back to it then, shall we? To kick off the year I thought I’d start with a bread that I blogged about (poorly) way back at the beginning of […]
READ ONSo OK, I’ve been trying the pizza crust without yeast for a while, and it’s been good. But ya know, it just hasn’t been great. Especially with the grated potato, it’s been dense and hard, more so than a regular tart crust. On a whim however, I decided to reintroduce yeast into the recipe. I […]
READ ONLove the house, love the yard, love the neighbors (for the most part). What I’m not so sure about is the stove that came with the place. It’s electric, and I’ve never cooked on an electric stove before. Well, I take that back. I remember this one electric coil stove I had in a cracker […]
READ ONI know I said I wouldn’t ruminate any more until I got some real baking done, but what can I say: I lied. There’ve been just too many things quietly bugging me about Unhappy Meals the past few days, and I feel an urge to write them down. I could always do that myself in […]
READ ONGood gracious those are a lot of cranky posts all in a row. Ah well, chalk it up to sleep deprivation. You have my word that I’m going to get back to baking soon, which should staunch any urges to pontificate….more than normal anyway. There’s citrus fruit bustin’ out all over after all. I can’t […]
READ ONI want to say this now because it might not be obvious later: I like Michael Pollan. I like his books. I greatly enjoyed and regularly recommend his latest, Omnivore’s Dliemma. Likewise his previous effort, The Botany of Desire. Both are elegantly written collections of essays on his adventures in the world of food. They’re […]
READ ONI barely have two seconds to rub together these days (where did I ever get the idea that bringing a newborn and a recovering mother back into the house would make life less demanding?). But I wanted to muse for a bit on the subject of Buzz Donuts. These caffeine-laced items have been getting a […]
READ ONWell, the bun is out of the oven at long last, after the wife spent five long weeks, a Christmas and a birthday in the hospital. But it was well worth it. Little Joan Pastry came into the world at 4:51 P.M. on Janurary 23rd, a welterweight at 6 pounds, 1 ounce. Both baby and […]
READ ONAside from my move, aside form the immenence of another addition to the Pastry family, I’m told by my hosting company that my server is going to be upgraded some time this month. Exactly when, no one can say, though when it happens the site is going to literally diasappear for two or three days. […]
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