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Category Archives: Baking and Baked Goods
Recipe: Acme Olive Bread II (improved!)
Today’s Acme Olive Bread II recipe is a step forward in trying to duplicating the original, which we will never completely succeed at because we don’t access to the same olives and marinating brine. We upped the amount of olive … Continue reading
Posted in Baking and Baked Goods, Eating, Recipes
Tagged Acme Bakery, San Francisco, sourdough, starter
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Recipe: Batterless Corn Fritters
Batterless corn fritters are a specialty of Lolinda, an Argentine Steakhouse in San Francisco. The niblets stick together as if by magic and the fritters are a perfect accompaniment to their ceviche. After many attempts we got pretty close, with … Continue reading
Posted in Baking and Baked Goods, Eating, Recipes
Tagged ceviche, corn, fritters, Lorinda
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Recipe: Lemon Impossible Mini-Tarts
Mouth-watering pictures of Lemon Impossible Mini-Tarts are all over the internet, but they are generally misleading because the recipe bakes its own crust yet they are shown in premade pastry shells. The actual recipe makes something between a tart and … Continue reading
Recipe: Original Joy of Cooking Buttermilk Pancakes
I think this is the way buttermilk pancakes were prepared in the original Joy of Cooking. (The current recipe is fine too.) Anyway, the result can’t be beat, especially if you have some good quality buttermilk. Makes 10-12 four-inch pancakes. … Continue reading
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Tagged Argyle Cheese Farmer, Joy of Cooking
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Recipe: Easy Sub Rolls
We had been having good luck with our Fast Focaccia, so why not try the same technique for making sub rolls? We increased the flour while keeping all other ingredients the same and walla, easy sub rolls in under 2 … Continue reading
Topping focaccia flatbread
My excellent local bakery, Night Work Bread, offers a rotating menu of imaginative focaccia aka flatbread topping ideas. The base is a long fermented sourdough juiced up with a little yeast so it is light and fluffy but with a … Continue reading
Posted in Baking and Baked Goods, Cooking, Recipes
Tagged flatbread, focaccia, Night Work Bread, Trader Joe
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Man drools, bread rules.
“Man drools, bread rules” is a phrase Jeffrey Hamelman would bring out in his bread baking classes at King Arthur Flour when a dough was taking longer to rise than expected. This loaf is an case in point. After carefully … Continue reading
Recipe: Date Cardamom Bread
A local bakery called Night Work Bread makes an amazing Date Cardamom bread. The flavor is right at the tipping point between sweet and savory so it’s equally good spread with butter and jam or maybe some soft brie, or … Continue reading
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Tagged Night Work Bread, Penzey's, sourdough
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Recipe: Hartford Election Cake
Hartford Election Cake is so named because it came from an old recipe in Hartford, CT, where in Colonial times elections went on for days and voters appreciated the sustenance of a hearty baked good rich in dried fruit and … Continue reading
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Tagged cake, democracy, Election, historical recipes
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Recipe: Fig and Olive Crisps after Trader Joe
Trader Joe’s Fig and Olive Crisps are delectable but costly so let’s make our own! I was inspired by this recipe with a different ingredient mix but a similar process. Next time I might add even more figs and olives, … Continue reading