Memorial Day Weekend: English Muffins

Monday, May 25th, 2015 Posted in bread | Comments Off on Memorial Day Weekend: English Muffins

Memorial Day Weekend English Muffins May 24, 2015 Inspired by Peter Reinhart's marvelous “Artisan Breads Every Day,” I woke up two days ago thinking about making English Muffins. You'll need some crumpet rings (canning jar lids will do in a pinch, but ...

Bert’s Coffee Cake

Monday, December 22nd, 2008 Posted in bread | Comments Off on Bert’s Coffee Cake

Every year Barb makes these coffee cakes from a recipe she got from her sister-in-law, Sally Boscaljon.   Every year people ask her for the recipe, which she gladly shares.   The thing is,  it's hard to explain in just words how ...

Sourdough

Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in bread | Comments Off on Sourdough

Background I became interested in sourdough and set up my sourdough starter in 1975 on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. I dried it out and put it in suspended animation when I went to Ireland and Europe in the spring ...