baking

Fork in hand, I mashed four thawed bananas—on the advice of the internet, I’d taken to freezing them in plastic bags—into about four ounces of applesauce. Vanilla extract entered next.…

When I make bread, I focus on the feel of the dough, the windowpane test for gluten elasticity, the delicate question of adding a pinch of flour. Will it turn…

For one 500g loaf of bread: Measure, in a medium dish: 1/3 cup whole grain cereal mix. Add:  1/2 to 1 cup boiled water (I do this in stages, the…

For one 500g loaf of bread: Ingredients 400g H20 at 78-80 degrees* 100-200g leaven 200g rye flour 300g bread flour ½ tsp anise seed ½ tsp caraway seed 10g salt…

With every breath our lungs fill with spores, microscopic seeds the wind has lifted from the spindly tops of carrots and chives, from fields of dirt, from off the sides…

My Saturday nights these days are booked out for months at a time. They’re earmarked for the sole purpose of settling in for the latest episode of a reality TV…

A whole stick of butter melts down in a skillet. I sprinkle it with half a cup raw sugar. I am making a second try at a Tarte Tatin. It…