Breads

Recipe: Healthy Seed Bread

January 12, 2012

One of the items on my culinary bucket list was granary bread. I wanted to create my own version of a seed-loaded hearth bread I used to get from a local bakery. Their bread was dense without being heavy — something you could sink your molars into and chew with satisfaction. The seeds crunched while [...]

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Recipe: Basil Cheddar Scones

October 3, 2011

Last week I was in Banff, Alberta, surrounded by the breathtaking Rocky Mountains. It was unseasonably warm and the cloudless sky was the shade of cerulean blue you find only in a paint box. It was mid-afternoon and I’d had nothing but airplane coffee and a packet of the biscuits you can only get at [...]

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Recipe: Crumpets

April 11, 2011

In this age of pre-made artisanal everything, some foods remain defiant. While you can buy decent heat-and-eat naan in the grocery store, flaky croissants at any good bakery and to-die-for bagels at delis, crumpets remain elusive. The store-bought versions are rubbery and taste like they’re sprinkled with vinegar. The real ones? Slightly chewy but light, with [...]

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Gluten-Free Focaccia Bread

August 25, 2010

I love wheat. I love chewy cookies, moist cake and bread with great big air bubbles in it. And let’s not forget flaky pastry, decadent squares and booze soaked trifle. With the exception of carob loaf, I don’t think I’ve met a baked good I didn’t like. And I’m fortunate. The only side effect I [...]

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Zen Bread

September 9, 2006

Someone restrain me. I’m about to go to the year’s biggest knitting fair and spend all my life’s savings on ridiculously expensive wool and patterns I’ll never have time to knit. Even if I started right now, gave up sleep and did nothing else 24 hours a day I still couldn’t knit my stash of [...]

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