Author Archives: Beth

Brown Soda Bread “Baguettes”

Week Forty-Six: Professional Recipes After I ended last week on such a sour note (well, garlic, really), I decided this week to give myself a little help.  Rather than try to concoct strange things all on my own, this week … Continue reading

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Caramelized Garlic Bread

Week Forty-Five: Potent or Unusual Flavors Fair warning: this bread is inedible. That said, this recipe could be tweaked to produce an edible bread; in fact, the bread part of the loaf is quite delicious.  But with the garlic filling, … Continue reading

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Honey Wheat Black Bread

Week Forty-Five: Potent or Unusual Flavors Today’s bread is one of those dark, slightly grain, soft-crusted, and boldly sweet types that people either can’t get enough of, or could care less about.  Personally, I fall into the latter category, preferring … Continue reading

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Blue Cheese Bread

Week Forty-Five: Potent or Unusual Flavors When I decided on the theme for this week, I knew I had to include blue cheese somehow.  What more potent flavor could you add to bread?  I’ll admit, I merely like blue cheese; … Continue reading

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Spicy Peanut Bread

Week Forty-Five: Potent or Unusual Flavors I have not always had the best luck with peanuts in bread, though there have been exceptions.  When I saw this recipe, I knew I wanted to try it, but I had no idea … Continue reading

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Mimosa Biscuits

Week Forty-Five: Potent or Unusual Flavors In New Orleans, brunch is an altogether different beast than it is anywhere else I’ve lived.  I have a theory that it relates to the predominant Catholicism of the city, taking the whole “day of … Continue reading

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Rye Walnut Nigella Rolls

Week Forty-Five: Potent or Unusual Flavors “November’s cold chain, made of wet boots and rain.” (Tom Waits, “November”) These days are dreary, tinged by the withdrawal and contracting of everything around.  Days shrink, plants and trees and animals curl into … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Chocolate Bread

Week Forty-Four: Multi-Grain Breads Happy Halloween! I love Halloween.  I’ve always enjoyed any excuse to dress up in costume, giving sides of myself usually kept under wraps a chance to emerge a bit, under the protective hand of “staying in character”.  Maybe … Continue reading

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Seeded Multi-Grain Bread

Week Forty-Four: Multi-Grain Breads I’m not really sure what to write about this bread.  See, the original recipe is one of those multi-day, sourdough-starter-already-made recipes that can’t help but produce a good bread.  And since this bread is made entirely … Continue reading

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Kitchen Sink Crackers

Week Forty-Four: Multi-Grain Breads I love names like this.  Kitchen Sink Crackers.  It implies a friendliness in the recipe, one that says, “Go ahead, throw it in!  I can take it!”  It’s accomodating, a rare adjective in the baking world.  … Continue reading

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