Bread
When I worked (and lived and breathed) in fashion, I was very concerned with trends. Not in a superficial, “I couldn’t possibly wear that skirt, it’s so last season” way, but in a more theoretical one. Where they came from, how they grew, where they were going. Want to know what you’ll be wearing in a few years? Go stake out a university or college with a fashion program and spend some time student-watching. Rarely will you find a group of people so immersed in the culture of style, so tuned into the times. Believe me- we were doing Granny Chic back when Mary-Kate Olsen was still synonymous with Michelle Tanner. Read more…
Posted in Bread on July 6th, 2010 by Ele | 3 comments
Tags: basil, buns, feta, pull-apart bread, red onion, rolls, sundried tomato, trend, yeast
First off, let me preface this post by making a number of excuses, of the type that my boyfriend warned me never to engage in when I first started this blog. (“Your readers aren’t interested in why you posted late, or not at all- don’t apologise!”) See, I felt fine on Sunday night. Just fine- I’d gone to the farmer’s market, made and bottled some homemade ketchup, re-read the third Harry Potter book for approximately the 8th time in my life, and been over to my sister’s for cake. Read more…
Posted in Bread on February 9th, 2010 by Ele | 11 comments
Tags: baking, Bread, easy, lazy, quick, sick
Of all the misnomers in this world, the one that infuriates me the most is banana bread. I love the stuff (could eat my sister’s all day long), but let’s face it- this is a very poorly monikered treat. Nine times out of ten, the “bread” in question is actually a cake; there’s oil or butter, vanilla extract, eggs- not to mention the requisite cup or so of sugar. For heaven’s sake, there are sometimes chocolate chips involved. Read more…
Posted in Bread on February 3rd, 2010 by Ele | 7 comments
Tags: baking, banana, Bread
Back at the beginning of January, I wrote about my foodie resolution for 2010, to bake more bread. A resolution made with the best of intentions, borne of visions of wholesome, proud loaves emerging from my kitchen one after another. Not to mention the great arms I was going to have (you know, from all the kneading). Read more…
Posted in Bread on January 27th, 2010 by Ele | 11 comments
Tags: baking, Bread, honey, milk
Happy New Year! Are you waking up blurry-eyed and blurry-headed, from too much champagne and too little sleep? No? Me neither- Andrew and I stayed in last night, feasting on good food, good TV and a moderate (ok, slightly more than moderate) amount of alcohol. I awoke surprisingly refreshed this morning, ready to greet 2010 with open arms. Read more…
Posted in Bread on January 1st, 2010 by Ele | 9 comments
Tags: baking, Bread, currants, resolution
File this one under “misadventure“. I’m sure you’ll agree; those are some freaky-looking bagels. I almost didn’t post these at all- I was worried about damaging my reputation as a baker (and, let’s face it, my pride) with these creepy things. I mean, that one on the bottom row looks like it has tumors. It’s not as if I’ve never successfully made bagels before, either. I have, which made this sorry-looking assortment hurt even more. Still, I guess that’s how the cookie (sometimes) crumbles, right? Read more…
Posted in Bread on July 20th, 2009 by Ele | 7 comments
Tags: bagels, misadventure, Nigella Lawson
We eat a lot of pizza around here. I’d say it makes an appearance slightly more often than once a week- maybe once every 6 days? My go-to dough recipe is so quick to put together that it’s become a bit of a fallback. Even if there’s nothing more than a ball of mozarella in the fridge and some passata in the cupboard, we can still manage to rustle up a pretty good pie. Read more…
Posted in Bread on June 13th, 2009 by Ele | 12 comments
Tags: pesto, pizza, stromboli, sundried tomato
Around here, Friday night is Pizza Night. I don’t remember exactly when this tradition started, but sometime last year, I became obsessed with the idea of learning to make the best pizza. Not just a passable pizza, not a good pizza, but the best pizza. It was probably this post from The Kitchn that put the idea into my head in the first place, and it grew from there. Of course, anyone knows that there are two components to a great pizza: the dough, and the sauce. This installment of Pizza Friday will follow my quest for crust gold. Read more…
Posted in Bread on March 27th, 2009 by Ele | 4 comments
Tags: pizza
