I took a friend’s suggestion and made this recipe for chocolate bread by David Lebovitz. It’s nice and chocolaty, but definitely has the texture and yeastiness (is that a word?) of a traditional yeast bread versus a quick bread.
Grilling season is upon us and I’ve decided that rather than buying buns this summer I’m going to make them. Armed with this recipe and this pan from King Arthur Flour’s Baker’s Catalogue, I made my very first batch of hamburger buns.
I made this little s’more without a pattern. I think he is pretty darn cute.
Adam and I are fortunate enough to be sponsored by Custom Performance Engineering and while we were down in the area for the weekend visiting the shop for a dyno day, we went out with Paula into the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore for a little photoshoot. Fun times. Photos were taken on the ride [...]
I have a love-hate relationship with this bread. The first time I made it, I used Peter Reinhart’s Poolish starter. The bread had a very tight crumb. Good flavor but definitely bared no resemblance to ciabatta. Refusing to accept defeat, I made the bread again, this time using the Biga starter, max hydration and the [...]
I crocheted this hat, no scratch mittens & booties for a friend’s baby. The want to be surprised about the sex of the baby, hence the yellow and green!
I made this crochet turtle for my neice for christmas. I got the instructions from Ana Paula Rimoli’s book “Amigurumi Two“. Take a peak at what is stored inside this turtle’s shell
Peter Reinhart goes into detail about how to make a traditional braided challah, but much like the Artos and Casatiello formulas, it was going to make an enormous loaf. I opted to make 2 oz rolls instead. I think next time I would make 4 oz rolls – which would be the optimal hamburger bun [...]

I crocheted this hat, no scratch mittens & booties for a friend’s baby. The want to be s

My (twin) brother and Melissa (my sister-in-law!) got married April 17, 2009!!! They are currently

I spent some time with my nearly 2 year old niece, Audrey. She loves anything that makes noise so