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FLOUR: which kind to use and for what purpose?

Flour is one of those things we take for granted. It's been around in a crude milling form for about 8,000 years or more. Today,
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Making Bread - Part 4

Previously in this series I've described how to make bread. I've also discussed the symbiotic relationship of its ingredients and touched briefly on the parallelism of bread's place in history, culture, and religion. This fourth and final segment will focus on derivatives of the basic recipe. The simple fact is that once you've mastered the basic bread recipe—have an understanding of what is happening with the ingredients, which gives you control over their outcome, rather than using a simple hit-or-miss strategy—variations are nearly endless....
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How To Make Rhubarb Pie

People look for signs of Spring in many places.  To some the return of the Robins signals Spring, for others it's the flowering of Crocuses ...
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Bread In History, Religion, and as Metaphor - Part III

The following is part III in a four part series on bread by Chef Joe George....
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How Bread Works: It's Ingredients and Their Symbiotic Relationship

Flour, Water, Yeast, and Salt; these are the only ingredients truly necessary to make a really good and wholesome loaf of bread. And these few and basic ingredients have often held fascination for me. If laid out on a table, for example, it is difficult to imagine that by combining them, and with a little manipulation, they can so easily become something so nourishing, wholesome, sustaining, and…well…beautiful. ...
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How To Make a Loaf of Bread - part one in a four-part series

Because I believe that homemade bread offers benefits on many levels, and that it is neither demanding nor difficult to make—that it doesn't have to disrupt the rhythm of your life but can become part of it—I begin without ceremony....
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Resources Guide For Bread Bakers

Here’s a list of books and websites that are useful for the home baker and also the professional, whether you’re a novice or experienced....
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How To Make Bread

Far better is to knead than be in need as it is a much better condition to be resting dough rather than resting ones feet. And certainly tugging, pulling and otherwise manhandling yeasty dough is preferred to tugging and pulling a rusty lawnmower through a not-so-well manhandled back yard. Bread baking is the great Jacuzzi that lives with us all;...
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How To Make Bagels

My earliest memory comes from sharing bagels with my grandmother. It always seemed liked a Sunday morning when we would sit at her foil-speckled topped diner table with a tub of margarine and a brown bag on its side with the warm bagels spilling out. ...
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How to make Cinnamon Rolls

I think good cinnamon rolls are taken for granted. There is certainly some craftsmanship that goes into a good, quality cinnamon roll, but I think that the ability to produce a really spectacular morsel is not given its due respect....
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