Live Qualitarian: Eat Well
Baking during a pandemic has become less about getting the job done with speed and ease, but with making something beautiful. The idea of standing apple slices on their sides, I think came from the New York Times Food section, makes color shine while leaving the nutrient rich peels on
Not From a Sack of Tortillas Steuart made a coarse cornmeal, flour and water mixture that turned into something like a corn tortilla you could buy in the grocery store. His tortillas that he used as a base for vegetables and as a nice lice were: mostly corn, round, thin
In A Nordicware Pan I want a moist cake that will come out of my beautiful Nordicware cake pan. I trust David Leibovitz for desserts although I always cut his sugar measurement in half. His Double Chocolate Cake sounds great but I’m on my last block of Callebaut chocolate. I
Bao Buns Bremner Style Sunday, May 17, 2020 What’s wonderful about WonderBread? I asked myself as we tried to make bread with small consistent air holes from a sweet dough. The steamed buns Steuart made this week used a dough that reminded me of Wonderbread, and I tried to
Mothers’ Day Focaccia Bread with the Bremner Brothers. Steuart likes dough to prove overnight but was too busy last night watching the movie Contagion to make the dough. He started it a 8 this morning, instead. We have tens of pounds of white flour but not much whole wheat. The
Bremner Brothers Bake French Standard: Sunday, May 3, 2020 – via Skype, Steuart and his brothers will each bake a French dozen of the classic croissant. May 1 – Steuart made the dough, the butter rectangle for layering and left to chill overnight in the fridge. May 2 – He
The Brothers take on English Muffins: After last week’s Skype bagel-making Sunday, Steuart and his brother decided to try English Muffins. Both of them made the dough last night and let it prove overnight. I made Paul’s recipe mixing it up at 10:15 this morning, by 1 p.m. they were
Brothers Bagel via Video Phone Call Steuart is making Paul Hollywood’s Bagels and Steuart’s brother is making Mark Bittman’s recipe. We were all happy with the taste and the chewiness of the outside texture. Andrew wished his had puffed up a little more and was looking to order some fast-acting
A Sharp Yeasty Cracker: Weighed 500 grams of organic white flour, worked in 4 Tablespoons of butter by hand, and when the mixture’s pieces were the size of peas. I added 4.5 ounces of cheese (1/3 cheddar and 2/3 emmanthaller), 6 grams of coarse pepper (see process story about pepper
Pretzels and Beer Happy Hour in Quarantine Pretzels for our treat at the Zoom Happy Hour with friends this snowy Friday night, and we knew we would need a beer to go with them. We turned to our beer making neighbor, Andrew, who left some malt extract on our porch