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Autumn Apple Walnut Bread (extended edition)
Becca and I have been watching the new Snoop Dogg & Martha Stewart show, Pot...
Birnenbrot-style Apple Raisin Rum Bread
View this post on Instagram First time making Birnenbrot. And I didn't have Birne (pear),...
Basic White Learning Loaf
My Mom baked breads from all over the world - and come to think of...
Creamy Sausage Strata w/ homemade bread
What do you do with an extra loaf of bread? Freeze it. What do you...
Milk Stout Blue Cheese Bread
I came up with this bread while stroking my waxed mustache and admiring my man...
Red Wine Sourdough
The taste of sourdough, red wine, and a dash of pepper: a stately, robust loaf...
Rolled Oat Pillow Rolls
"They have a pleasing mouth feel." Real quote from my sister-in-law Colleen. She's a horticulturist....
Who am I kidding, they are all delicious!
Rosemary Raisin Bread
Sweet Pepper Semolina Bread
Olive Feta Mint Bread
Anise Lemon Pecan Bread
Horseradish & Mustard Rye Bread
Chipotle Cheddar Sourdough Bread
No-Knead Parker House Rolls
Savory Portobello Bread #2
Creamy Sausage Strata w/ homemade bread
Salzstangen Nibblers
Maybe Scandinavian Coffee Bread
Sage & Seed Bread
Beer & Buckwheat Bread
Fougasse (la pompe à l’huile)
Turtle Bean & Black Pepper Crisps
From the Blue Bowl Breads Blog
Foodie Friends: Good Company
June 4, 2018
I have mentioned elsewhere on this site that "the words company, accompany, and companion come from the root words com-...
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Bake America Great Again
March 4, 2018
Think about it: people happily eating quality bread, their mouths so full they won't be able to talk politics. I think you'd find that we'd all get along quite nicely that way. Now that would make America great again.
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The magic of Christkindlesmarkt
November 28, 2017
There, in the Hauptmarkt we would experience the magic of Christkindlesmarkt...
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The Spice of Life (or a Bottle of Mom Magic)
August 11, 2017
That night, I had strange dreams and remember tossing about and not getting a wink of quality sleep. Something wasn't right. When I woke up, I knew exactly what was off. The spices.
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Kitchen Quips, Quotes & Testimonials
Thank you, Mark, for the bread! It definitely added some flavor to this short Friday and coming long weekend 😉
I had a slice of [your White Bean Dijon Sourdough Bread], and it’s just as yummy as other kinds of breads you made before.
I am afraid of that I am going to think about you whenever I am having breads for the rest of my life, bread = Mark Oppenneer, Mark Oppenneer = bread 😉
Have a wonderful long weekend!
My Mom, Betsy Oppenneer, was a red-headed Southern Belle from Sautee Nacoochee, GA. She and Dad moved around a lot eventually settling in New Hampshire. Well, you can take a girl out of the south, but you can’t take the South out of the girl. Here’s a note I left her while editing her cookbook The Bread Book circa 1993…
“Personal note from me. Do you realize that you always capitalize South but never North or East? Are you trying to declare the South’s supremacy?”
