Bread

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…

When Stalin collectivized Russian peasant agriculture, goods disappeared from the stores.  The rationing system devised for bread and other items lead to the infamous bread lines of the Soviet bloc. …

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…

Andy Kadin of Bub & Grandma’s makes real bread–earnestly and without short cuts. And if you’ve ever baked bread, watched the yeasted dough multiply and feed, seen the crust brown…

You can only ignore onions so long. Take out the torn fishnet bag and grab five. They’re as small as lemons or plums or tiny apples you find in orchards.…