Archive for: February 2012

How to Store Flours: A Visit to Cambro Land

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As you know, I’ve been doing a bit of bread baking lately. This has been lots of fun, but it brings with it a bunch of new items to my cupboards. All of a sudden there is spelt flour, and barley flour, and rye flour as well. I’ve been trying… Read More

Three Practically Perfect Days in Seattle

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A while back friends of mine came for a visit from San Francisco, for what turned into three practically perfect Seattle days. Because I get a lot of requests from readers for what to do and where to eat when they visit, I thought I would share my favorite spots…. Read More

Passion

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I haven’t seen much of my friend Anne the past year or two. She’s been keeping busy in a kitchen, though not the one in her house. Anne’s been in culinary school. I occasionally see updates on Facebook, how she has homework researching spices. Researching spices. These reports are always… Read More

YOUR Sourdough Bread

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They’ve begun trickling in—photos of the bread some of you’ve made as part of our Sourdough Challenge. I can’t tell you how delighted I have been to see them. I’m so pleased to think about new sourdough bakers out there. Here is Charlotte’s bread, up in Canada. Isn’t it beautiful?… Read More

Blog Crush: The Yellow House

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I first discovered The Yellow House late last summer. It came, as many things these days, through Twitter—a blog post that had been passed around by many of my friends who share the same sensibilities I do. They were all struck by this single, simple post. As soon as I… Read More