Pain Baloise (Baseler brot) comes from my sister's region of Switzerland. While visiting her a few summer's ago, I enjoyed a loaf baked by our friend Daniel. It's made with a half-white flour known as "Bise" Feeling nostalgic, I...
As usual my sister is filled with a busy schedule, and that includes making läckerli, my brother in-laws favorite go to cookie for office parties; and it's no wonder for the taste of the Baselland delicacy, of a nut and spiced baked cookie lingers if they...
When I arrived in Lampenberg, Switzerland to visit my sister, my sister had a container of sourdough /levain waiting for me. When I popped the lid, the aroma was… well, "unique." Apparently she had given it a dose of home-made pine syrup. Shots below...
Waxing for some Swiss bread, I whipped up a "Basler Brot." Like most breads made in Switzerland, it has its own distinctive flavor. This bread, made with an extracted wheat flour, is said to be shaped like the city of Basel and its...
