NOTE to self: Read the entire recipe before making promises to family and friends there will be homemade bread for dinner. This week’s Tuesdays With Dorie recipe is an absolutely perfect bread to make in the fall. Pumpkin, not only flavors this yeast bread, but adds a beautiful orange-y fall color too! The raisins and … Read more
If you have been with me very long you will know I LOVE baking bread! You will also know that every-other-Tuesday I join about 400+ bakers around the world as we are baking our way through Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Baking With Julia. So when Whole Wheat Loaves came up as our next Tuesdays With Dorie … Read more
It’s Tuesdays With Dorie and today’s recipe from Dorie Greenspan’s book, Baking With Julia, is (drum roll, please) … POPOVERS! I don’t know why but I cannot write or say POPOVERS! without putting an exclamation point at the end. I think it is just how the word sounds. I’ve never made a POPOVER! before. I … Read more
August 18? Really? Whew. Are the kids back in school? Are they getting ready to go? Are you ready? Is the summer over way too fast? Are you feeling just like this too? I have had a wild ride this week. Do you remember earlier in the week when I told you I was making … Read more
Have you ever bought or sold anything on Craigslist? Since July 9, 2007 we have used Craigslist 64 times. Bought some stuff, sold some stuff, gave away stuff, well you get the idea. Recently we sold some extra glass blocks left over from our guest cabin remodel. I corresponded with the Craigslist buyer a couple … Read more
Oh my word it is already Tuesdays With Dorie: Baking With Julia again! This week’s recipe is a Berry Galette. Here I go again … what is a galette? I realize that many of my fellow TWD bakers have made galette and know exactly what it is. Me – not so much. You may recall … Read more