I started making baguettes a few years ago, but really worked on the recipe in earnest once Nico and I started dating. He loves baguette, and would probably just eat baguette with a side of orange juice everyday if I didn’t make something else for dinner. Over the past couple of years, my baguettes have…
Category: Bread
Dark Chocolate and Orange Confit Challah and Challah French Toast with Strawberry Sauce
I feel like we all get spoiled in comfort of our own kitchens. We always keep our special staples on hand, and everything is always in its proper place when it needs to be found. Cooking in someone else’s kitchen is always a challenge, but I find it rather exciting, especially in my parents’ home. I…
Buttered Naan
Naan! Naan is so delicious! I add garam masala to vegetable soups just so I have an excuse to make some to go along with them! Try my Curried Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup to go along with this! Although naan container yeast and baking powder, it is a flatbread of sorts, so the rise…
Clotted Cream and Butter
Clotted cream is not something you come across frequently in America. I have only been served clotted cream once, and it was during a High Tea at an Alice in Wonderland themed tea room in New York. Clotted cream is delicious, but rather pricey! Luckily for us all, it is incredibly easy to make! All…
Sultana Scones
These scones are not the hard triangles we are accustomed to in coffee houses. I use White Lily light all purpose flour for these. The flour is milled very finely which, when mixed with butter creates a beautiful light scone that melts in your mouth. Allowing the dough to rest for two sessions also helps…
The Art of the Tea Sandwich
I had a friend who once told me his ex-girlfriend would never order sandwiches at a restaurant because if she pays for food, she demands more than someone just stacking ingredients between two pieces of bread. I can see the logic, but man, I love sandwiches! I order sandwiches all the time! There is an…
Almond Pithiviers with Rum-Infused Prunes – with Puff Pastry Recipe
I have had a decade and a half long obsession with Almond Croissants. When I lived in New York, I ran from one French bakery to another surveying the croissants. La Bergamote in Chelsea have the best twice baked beauties! They have always been this mythical pastry that I could never quite make myself. I have…
Perfect Sandwich Bread
I love baking bread! For a long time, I have spent my baking hours obsessing over perfect artisan loaves. I have made dozens of peasant loaves, sourdoughs, and olive boules, and by this count, almost a hundred baguettes. Nico loves baguette! It never crossed my mind, for some reason, to develop a sandwich loaf. Perhaps…
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