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Bread of the Month: Winning with banana bread

By rahoward, on January 31st, 2021

I give credit to the pandemic for a few good things One of them is a new appreciation of my sourdough starter, Petrie (yes, with an “e”). He has exceeded my expectations, as I have put him to the test, not just with basic bread recipes, but an unexpected array of other baked . . . → Read More: Bread of the Month: Winning with banana bread

Scone of the Month: Ending the year on a sourdough note

By rahoward, on December 28th, 2020

I , like many others who have been baking our way through the pandemic, have turned to my sourdough starter more than ever. Dear Petrie (yes, with an “e”), my beloved fellow of the fridge, offspring of “Spike” (my friend Elaine’s starter), has served me well for several years and especially these past . . . → Read More: Scone of the Month: Ending the year on a sourdough note

Bread of the Month: Popping many questions to ‘Petrie’

By rahoward, on April 28th, 2018

My friend Petrie and I get along pretty well, for the most part.

We have our moments of contention.At times, he seems to be sluggish and distantly separate when I have forgotten him for awhile…he likes to be stirred up, and only I can do that. He spat at me once, in one long, . . . → Read More: Bread of the Month: Popping many questions to ‘Petrie’

Bread of the Month: Crafting a snack cracker

By rahoward, on October 18th, 2017

I began taking comfort in crackers early. We always had a big box (or two) of saltines in the cupboard, the pale, salty little squares ever-constant companions to soups and chili. But I made them my own snack, more than anything. Sometimes plain, but often spread with butter and jam, I even turned them into . . . → Read More: Bread of the Month: Crafting a snack cracker

Bread of the Month: Babysitting a sourdough starter

By rahoward, on July 31st, 2015

Though I’m not a traditional mom, I’ve had a number of charges in my care. Critters of all manner, wild and tame; I’ve rehabilitated a bird or two, watched over baby chicks, kept an ailing rabbit warm in my armpit. I’ve looked out for things for other people — the beloved miniature dachshund of . . . → Read More: Bread of the Month: Babysitting a sourdough starter

“People ask me: "Why do you write about food, and eating, and drinking? Why don't you write about the struggle for power and security, and about love, the way the others do?" . . . The easiest answer is to say that, like most other humans, I am hungry.”
--M.F.K. Fisher

"It was in a yellow limestone church in Stockdale, Kansas, a crossroads town, that I sat dreaming during summer Sunday sermons, not of heaven or hell, but of the good dinner to come."
--Clementine Paddleford

Bread of the Month: Winning with banana bread

Scone of the Month: Ending the year on a sourdough note

Bread of the Month: Popping many questions to ‘Petrie’

Bread of the Month: Crafting a snack cracker

Bread of the Month: Babysitting a sourdough starter

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Bread of the Month: Winning with banana bread

Scone of the Month: Ending the year on a sourdough note

Bread of the Month: Popping many questions to ‘Petrie’

Bread of the Month: Crafting a snack cracker

Bread of the Month: Babysitting a sourdough starter

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