Scratch Food with a Side of Geek Mom and Pop Culture.
I once had delusions of grandeur when it came to having my own Norman Rockwell moments with my kid. Once when he was about 3 or 4, I decided to go all uber-mom and bake gingerbread men. We were using a vegan dough, so no worries about salmonella or anything, and having just THE BEST…
What is the biggest problem with a holiday that turkey’s served? You have pounds of turkey leftover, and no stuffing. My friends, you can have your sandwich and eat it too: stuffing bread. Stuffing. Bread. Yes, I went there! it’s a slice-able loaf of bread that tastes just like it came out from inside of…
You guys know how much I like my books. Raincoast Books was a dear and sent me Josey Baker Bread. It’s not only a fabulous recipe book with a cute guy in it, it’s a story about a guy who never ever thought he’d end up in the place he was as a full time baker;…
Are you looking for a dessert that will knock people’s socks off? This is it. Yup. This one. Bam, baby. It’s not just grapefruit season in the south! Meyer lemons? Also in, in giant big buckets. If you don’t know, a Meyer lemon is a cross between a lemon and a Mandarin orange. Don’t look so…
I didn’t want to put two apple recipes so closely together, but it can’t be helped! Sometimes a recipe needs a little extra love. It’s been crazy here on the home-front, what with Christmas coming, articles to write, and an increasing push into trying to make connections within my community. On top of everything, we’ve…
I was at a birthday party. I talking “hippie food” (as my husband likes to call it) with his cousin, who lives near a very foodie part of London, Ontario. She was telling me about this bakery she liked to go to, and that’s when she filled my ears with these glorious words for the very…
It’s tough to compete with ginger ale in the land of Canada Dry, even though many of the fans lament that they no longer get real ginger in it and have to deal with high fructose corn syrup. Ginger syrup is surprisingly easy to make: it’s water, sweetener, and ginger boiled together until reduced. Really,…
Whole wheat bread can be intimidating to a novice; when you begin to dabble with whole wheat flour, you realize that you’re dealing with a different animal. So here’s the problems you have to keep in mind when you set out to bake whole wheat bread: It’s drier and more crumbly. It doesn’t rise as…
One of my friends recently set off to bake banana bread. By her own admission, she’s a bit uncomfortable in a kitchen. I’m pretty sure this is how she manages to stay skinny! I was so proud of her when she texted me saying that she had just baked banana bread, though I couldn’t resist…
Update: October, 2013 – I’ve been making this bread since June. Absolutely love it. I will never buy bread again, if I can help it. I use this same recipe for making sandwich bread, dinner rolls, bread sticks and even hotdog and hamburger buns. It makes two loaves of a slightly-dense and lovely white sandwich bread that’s…