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Happy Father’s Day, here’s more pictures of bread. Great dadliness requires patience and endless encouragement with little expectation of results- just like sourdough. I punched down the sad blob and left it in my steamy apartment for the day while I was at work because I couldn’t bear to throw it out. When I got [...]

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Conclusion: Instant Yeast is a great invention. Like plumbing, the pasta machine, printing and maple syrup. I may throw in a bit of the wild stuff for flavor, but it cannot be relied upon as leavening unless you are building it up and baking everyday.

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Following Peter Reinhart’s instructions, I harvested yeast from the Somerville air and slept with the culture under my pillow every night for a month. But check out the sweet loaf! This version calls for both wild and instant yeast, I’m trying it tomorrow with only the wild. Will post results.

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Look I wrote an article about fresh pasta at Ornella’s, a great neighborhood restaurant in Astoria. And Jesse published it! I’m a food writer!

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On the steps this morning:

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I like bread more than I like chocolate. My stepmother Betty (no bakeries in Heath!), Carina, and I have all been conducting various no knead bread experiments to try to replicate the kind of bread we love at home. This Reinhart is some kind of bread guru and has a significant following. His recipes are [...]

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cheese.

I made it.

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New Digs

Here is the new kitchen, a week ago when I made 6 egg linguine. Today I’m home sick and only have the energy to lie on the couch and look out the screen door. I love the new place: snug and sociable floor plan. Carina gave me a still warm loaf of rye bread for [...]

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St. Kate’s Day

I was sorely tempted last night to drive the two and half hours to Heath to eat corned beef. I knew it was a spring fever and tried to content myself with mixing together Kate Kearns’ family recipe for soda bread. I substituted cranberry sauce for most of the raisins. I’m moving and have become [...]

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