Tag: bake
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Flavour and Alchemy: On Bread Baking
Most people who know me understand the love I have for bread; kneading the dough, watching yeast come to life, and finally eating it, as-is or with a nice butter or soft cheese. Wheat supports a unique alchemy; the grain’s gluten structure and starches allow microbial life (yeasts) to grow, making bread and other products possible. Wheat has…
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Food Out of Control: Going to France!
So it’s been awhile, hasn’t it? Between school and working two jobs, there has not been much spare time to write a post. This means, however, that I have a huge back-log of photos and ideas coming your way! If you’re looking for content in the meantime, you can find me on Twitter, Facebook, and now, Instagram. Here…
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Pain au Lait and Brioche
I’ve been loving the opportunity to learn baking techniques and theory at school. Today we made Pain au Lait, and played around with different finishing methods including knotting, “braiding”, different score patterns, boules, and bâtards. It’s really nice bread; it’s rich due to the butter, quite flavourful from fermenting, and the texture is at once…