A report on two new(ish) bread pans
Descriptions of the high-sided bread pans we’ve been using for the last few years. Great for baking standard “pan breads” and sandwich loaves.
The Ark of Taste
About the Ark of Taste concept: foods that deserve to be preserved
The Household Daily Bread Recipe (DD’s version)
The simplest and most reliable recipe for a single loaf of white bread that we know of… baked two or three times every week since 2011.
Folklore, string structure, rye dough and Raymond Blanc (with afternotes on a bread recipe)
A Raymond Blanc recipe for “pain de campagne” causes the blogger an abrupt descent into (a) Google and (b) Welsh folklore. Warning: contains toxic behavior, nonconsensual digit amputation, and the Chorleywood Process.
Chocolata Inda
A 17th-century advertisement for the virtues of chocolate. It’s like a print-format version of a YouTubefood-supplement video. Some hustles never change…
Cornish Tea Cakes
From Cornwall: an easy-to-make, slightly sweet fruited scone just begging to be toasted and slathered with butter
Toblerone Chocolate Cupcakes
Rich, moist, dark chocolate. With added Toblerone, and frosting that’s halfway to fudge. What else do you need?
Parsnip Pie
An unlikely-sounding but absolutely delicious escapee from a great historical cookbook of English food through the centuries
Grazer Zwieback
A delectable and delicate little cookie/biscuit that’s a perfect accompaniment for tea, coffee or even wine.
Capretto alla Locarnese (Kid or Lamb in Herbs, Cream and Wine)
A traditional treatment for kid or lamb from the hill country north of Locarno, in the Italian-speaking (and -eating) part of Switzerland