I don’t think I’d ever eaten challah before, but I made it! This turned out to be a beautiful loaf of bread that left the nighttime kitchen fragrant and made me want to sit in front of the oven with my black notebook and write some poems about it. But I didn’t. By the time… Continue reading Challah
Brioche
BBA Challenge strikes again. This time, the bread is brioche. This sounds incredibly dense, but it didn’t occur to me until I came across the blog French Laundry at Home that what I am doing is cooking, or in this case baking, my way from beginning to end of a cookbook. I am glad that… Continue reading Brioche
Banana bread
I was sitting at the kitchen counter recently when I noticed in my peripheral vision a few freckled bananas. Almost instaneously, I thought of a recipe that I saw not too long ago over at Sassy Radish. I knew that I had to make banana bread. Last time I saw rapidly-darkening bananas, I made banana… Continue reading Banana bread
Bagels
Bagels are the third bread in the Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge line-up. Unlike the anadama bread and the christopsomos bread, (obviously) this isn’t the first time I’ve heard of or had bagels. Also, it isn’t the first time that I have made bagels. In the past, I have used a bagel recipe that I found… Continue reading Bagels
Artos: Greek Celebration Bread
Over the last two days, I baked the second bread from The Bread Baker’s Apprentice book: Artos. After the anadama bread, I was excited to try this second bread that I wouldn’t have ever tried under any other circumstances. There were three versions of the bread in the book. Plain, if you can call something… Continue reading Artos: Greek Celebration Bread
Anadama bread
Since more than one of my major writing projects have to do with food, I feel less and less guilty that I spend so much time thinking about it. So, when I was looking around at blogs, I came across this BBA Challenge at Pinch My Salt. I knew that wanted to participate. Perhaps this… Continue reading Anadama bread
1001 foods: rambutan
I like going to ZZ’s Produce even though it is far out of the way. Last time I went, it was crowded. I didn’t feel like sticking around until I saw them. Rambutan. So I bought a few of them and took them home. They reminded me of peeled grapes in texture and tasted mildly… Continue reading 1001 foods: rambutan
Asparagus-artichoke polenta with vodka cream sauce
First I have to say that this Paperchef contest made me feel all Iron-Chef-like. All I needed was Alton Brown’s commentary as I cooked. However, my technique would probably make him turn away in fear and disbelief. And here, in Sherlonya Stadium, I had to come up with a dish using asparagus, artichoke, tuna and… Continue reading Asparagus-artichoke polenta with vodka cream sauce
Food-related challenge
I have been reading various food blogs for several years now. I have more cookbooks than one person should have. Ever. Especially if that person works in a public library where she can have free, easy access to a variety of cookbooks on pretty much any topic she pleases. And that’s before you even think… Continue reading Food-related challenge
Kitchen Adventures
I almost wrote “kitten adventures” for the title of this post. Entirely different connotation, far creepier. But, alas, I wrote kitchen adventures. Recently, I purchased a book called 1001 Foods You Must Taste Before You Die. I had been lovingly thumbing through the book every time I went to the bookstore. So, finally, inevitably, I… Continue reading Kitchen Adventures