Aww, sad – the last edition of our gourmet Let Us Eat Bread challenge!  I wanted to save this one for last – I loved both it’s elegant shape and unusual combination of pumpkin and orange.

Like the buttermilk… Read the rest of this post

So, things have been a bit busy and I’m behind on the challenge.  Actually I did make these in week three – on Sunday, for a goodbye party for a friend of mine who was heading off to join… Read the rest of this post

For week 2 of our Let Us Eat Bread challenge, I chose something equally sculptural – these lovely Buttermilk Fantails. Each flaky layer separates easily, and tastes fantastic spread with butter or jam. They were better day one than… Read the rest of this post

I’m in the process of trying to lose some weight – reading diet books, including those on (horrors-of-horrors)  low-carb diets.  Then came the Februrary issue of Gourmet, and any hope of that happening went right out of the window.… Read the rest of this post

I am having a sandwich obsession. It comes in the form of melty cheese with the sweet whisper of figs. It’s first incarnation included a rosemary boule bread from Firehook Bakery, though I’ve since moved on to Whole Foods… Read the rest of this post

I adore pizza. It’s bread, melted cheese, meats and vegetables (or fruit), all in a package you can hold with one hand while holding a cold beer in the other. I’ve been having fun with the daring… Read the rest of this post

The food sensation I find myself craving more than any other is crunch, that wonderful, teeth-shattering crack of fried tortillas and potato chips.

So I was particularly excited to try this month’s Daring… Read the rest of this post

Another month, another challenge. After the danish braid, I was excited for another puff pastry challenge — Chocolate Éclairs. It involved a few techniques I hadn’t done before — creating a pâte à choux dough, using a… Read the rest of this post

My last few Daring Bakers challenge posts have been tales of woe—crushed cakes, broken batards, etc. But I am happy to report that this most recent challenge, one of my first forays into pastry, went exceptionally well!

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I’ve become progressively more fascinated with baking over the past few months, turning out far more cookies and pastries than I ever should have in my house at one time (though my boyfriend’s co-workers now adore me).

So I… Read the rest of this post