Blue Bowl Bread Blog

Instagram post text: STOP. If F-bombs offend you, do not swipe left! If you are down with some hilarious culinary crudity, swipe on. This cookbook “What the F*@# Should I…

I have mentioned elsewhere on this site that “the words company, accompany, and companion come from the root words com- and panis (together and bread). A companion is someone with…

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.

There, in the Hauptmarkt we would experience the magic of Christkindlesmarkt…

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.

When I was 17 years old, I worked in the kitchen at Camp Orkila on Orcas Island with a woman named Kris Parker who taught me the ancient technique of making cold pizza…

For my Mom, an important part of bread baking was the choice of the rising bowl. The same is true for me. In this post, I pay respect to the potters who created the bowls that are part of my weekly baking adventures.

You’ve heard of the horse whisperer. Now meet the bread whisperer: Betsy Oppenneer…

Look what I found… A delightful children’s story about a mother and child baking bread with a big blue bowl. I love it! It’s called “Blue Bowl Down” by C. M. Millen.

Scrolling through Facebook the other day, I came across a post about “Challah in a Bag” – a recipe for Challah prepared in a gallon-sized plastic bag (no mixer, no machines). Hmmm…

This is the basic starter, recommended to all beginning sourdough bakers and to experienced bakers who want to make a new starter.