June 27, 2008
- Moist and Delicious Whole Wheat Banana Bread
Banana bread is one of the most popular breads. Just about everyone has a recipe, often passed down through a generation or two.
So who needs another one, you ask? (…)
April 29, 2008
- Bread Maestro Mark Liptak
Mark's got his bread baking down. Earlier, he contributed his Caramelized Onion Loaf variation of the basic no knead recipe. Check it out. (…)
March 12, 2008
- Paradise Found
When I saw a photo of Mike McGibbon's bread fresh out of his wood fired hearth oven, I coaxed him into sending more photos. Of course I wanted to share them with everyone. (…)
February 29, 2008
- Cook's Illustrated Almost No Knead Bread
After way too long a lapse, today I’ve added a video of a recipe called “Almost No Knead Bread” developed by the talented chefs at CooksIllustrated.com. (…)
January 24, 2008
- Nate's Bake
Nate Wilke sent in these shots recently. It's always fun to get a glimpse of other people baking adventures.
Thanks Nate!
January 5, 2008
- The Sweetness of Sourdough
Health Benefits You Can Stomach from Sourdough
Baking your own bread and specifically creating sourdough bread provides consumers with innumerable health benefits that they can’t get from mass produced commercial breads. (…)
October 16, 2007
- The Singing of the Crackling Loaf… At Last!
Bread baking success doesn't always come easily to the beginner and sometimes not at all. So it was particularly gratifying to hear from Larry yesterday with his story of bread baking redemption. (…)
October 9, 2007
- Tom's No Knead Bread Ecstasy
I love it when I hear from people who are psyched about their bread baking results. Tom was kind enough to share his excellent baking adventures with us. (…)
October 3, 2007
- Amazing But True Sourdough
Kay White, a Breadtopia reader, emailed me her account of resuscitating her sourdough starter left for dead. (…)
September 12, 2007
- Use of Sourdough Starter Linked to Good Parenting
Flavor differences alone are reason enough for many home bakers to choose sourdough starter over conventional yeast as their bread leavening preference. (…)
August 20, 2007
- Baking and Grilling Pizza
New Videos Posted – Simple and Delectable Pizza Dough
See: www.breadtopia.com/pizza-dough-recipe
How popular is pizza? (…)
July 31, 2007
- Baking Bread in an Outdoor Grill
Bake Outdoors and Beat the Heat
Do you want to avoid baking yourself out of your own kitchen on hot summer days? (…)
June 12, 2007
- New Bread Baking Videos Posted
I've posted a couple of new bread videos. One is a no knead variation using steel cut oats that has come to be one of my "regulars". It's super simple and very satisfying. (…)
May 22, 2007
- Rick's No Knead Rye
Canadian Rick Clare emailed this picture of his fine looking no knead rye he baked yesterday. Made with 20% dark rye and only a 12 hour initial ferment. You can see the nice rise and open crumb. (…)
April 30, 2007
- Breadtopia Reader Enters Bread Baking Contest
How's that for a captivating headline? I hope that when AP and Reuters picks this story up, they give me some credit for breaking it. (…)
April 27, 2007
- Of Pies & Bread - New Videos Posted
In celebration of Spring, which always seems a long time coming here in the Midwest, I've posted a video of Denyce making an awesome strawberry rhubarb pie. (…)
April 26, 2007
- A Cautionary (and Humorous) Baking Note
Bread baking recipes often call for spritzing your bread with water to help get a crackly crust. (…)
April 14, 2007
- The Greatest Baking Video of All Time
When Mark Bittman wrote in his New York Times article on no-knead baking that “I think a 4-year-old could master it” he was surely exaggerating. Or was he? (…)
March 30, 2007
- The Coolest Bakery on the Planet
For nearly a quarter century, Steve Sullivan’s Acme Bread has been baking nationally acclaimed artisan breads. (…)
February 23, 2007
- New No Knead Bread Videos
Ever since the nearly famous New York Times “No-knead” article made its way through the breadosphere, I’ve been fairly obsessed with it. (…)
