Tag Archives: breads
Honey Apple Challah
For one reason or another, somewhere along the line my blog became synonymous with challah bread. While I would love to believe this is the result of a stretch of time spotted by many loaves of vanilla bean challah bread (and vanilla … Continue reading
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Grape Focaccia Bread
A few years ago, during a study abroad trip in Italy, one of my roommates whipped up a massive batch of her grandmother’s focaccia bread. It took all day, the kitchen was a monstrous mess of flour and oil (as … Continue reading
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Cheddar Sriracha Bread
What does one do with three-and-a-half jars of sriracha? Aside from staring fixatedly at the pretty lineup they make on our counter (the red is a nice addition to our otherwise dark kitchen,) there are only so many uses for … Continue reading
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Bagels
Growing up, didn’t you always wonder why bagels were bagels? Why were they rubbery on the outside and chewier on the inside? What made them so much more dense than regular bread and why on earth did they have holes … Continue reading
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Rye Bread
A few weeks ago, I found myself staring in awe at the fully-stocked shelves of flour in The Spice Shop, a corner store in the Italian market with an impressive stock list of herbs, teas, weird gummy candies and, as … Continue reading
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Vanilla Bean Challah Bread
This is my third, and probably favorite, venture into challah bread. There are a bazillion benefits to baking this Jewish pantry staple over, say, regular wheat or white bread, not the least of which are a) getting to practice your … Continue reading
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Whole Wheat Sourdough
It seemed only appropriate to start this blog with a bread recipe. Once considered the Achilles’ heel of my baking skill-set, I refused to believe that making bread without a machine could be anything less than difficult, if not entirely … Continue reading
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