Baguette crumb Years ago, one of my baking teachers warned us that baguettes are among the easiest of breads to bake but among the hardest to prepare. Recently, I made a batch using long retarded dough with mixed milled grains (e.g. buckwheat, sesame, and lentils). My...
Pain de campagne (aka “country bread”)is a flavorful and structured bread. A wheat bread generally includes rye at around 10 percent. Below is a recent version using rye sourdough. This adds a punchy ferment and beguiling flavor. It’s great with...
Scheduling a time to bake can be precarious as a working chef. There are just so many hours (actually I'd settle for a few more minutes) in a day. Late for work you mix a dough in the morning, but lack the fermenting time before heading out the door. Cold bulk...
Many years ago I had a chance to exchange labor for learning at Bouley Bakery. Fridays I would leave my regular job and then spend the next 10 hours working Bouley's graveyard shift baking bread. I can't remember the name of "the boulanger." What I...
My wife asked me to make sandwiches for the 12 members of her choir group. Calculating the requirements, I quickly added up the possibilities while shopping. I went for ham and cheese, but then questions arose between the bread I'd bake; focaccia or ciabatta....
