Tag: sourdough
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Rosemary Sourdough Dinner Rolls
Makes about 24 rolls. I’ve been maintaining my sourdough culture for about 2 years now, and I just love the thing. I had always been hesitant to maintain a culture because of how much “work” I assumed it would be…regular feedings, complex calculations. It turns out that sourdough is FAR less picky than its reputation…
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Sourdough Buttermilk Beignets
Ah, beignets! France’s answer to a donut, only without a hole, and rarely round. Single-handedly made famous in the U.S. by Cafe du Monde, steps from the cathedral of St. Louis in the heart of the French Quarter in New Orleans…though certainly not perfected by them. I actually grumble and groan anytime I take someone…
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Subway and the Yoga Mat Scandal
This week, news has spread across the media about Subway’s use of the chemical azodicarbonamide (EH-zo-die-car-BAHN-ah-mide) in their breads. The blogger Vani Hari, who owns the popular website FoodBabe, has been after Subway for several years for using this commercial dough conditioner, which is also used in making foamed plastics, like yoga mats and shoe…
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A FRANK Tale: Bread, Bread, Bread
In mid December of 2013, Jennie Kelley and I decided it was finally time for a FRANK theme that we had been toying with for more than a year: Bread. Homemade bread has been an integral part of our menus at FRANK since the very beginning, and diners always tell us that our homemade bread…
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How to Make the BEST Loaf of Bread on Planet Earth
Tough title to live up to, right? But I was literally stunned out of my mind when I tasted this bread the first time, and each time I’ve baked it since, it seems to get better. This bread makes people scream. Literally. What you are about to read is very, very long. After all, if…