Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Last year I made my first Irish stew, Green Goddess Salad and a lime shamrock shake. With my mixer Rebel in the shop I wanted to make bread but had to do so without her help so I turned to the cookbook Fast Breads by Chronicle Books and discovered dark Irish soda bread. It was […]
The Bread Bible’s Mexican Morning Buns
The Bread Bible’s Rosemary Raisin Bread
This is so nice! I wrote Beth and told her about this post and she wrote back, “You are a great baker!!!!! I love the commentary…yes, it is an unusual bread. Keep on bakin’” Just had to share. When I won $500 worth of cookbooks from Raincoast Books and saw The Bread Bible by Beth Hensberger published […]
Interview with Ellen Kimbro published in the Jackson Sun Newspaper
Anna’s Artisan Bread and Michael Smith’s No-Knead Country Bread My interview with Ellen Kimbro about my obsession with breadmaking was just published in the newspaper Jackson Sun and can be found on their web site jacksonsun.com! I give lots of advice on how to bake your own bread and share more about me and my foodie background. I […]
French bâtard bread made from scratch
As most of you know, my breadmaker is D-E-A-D. Damn it! Sigh… Anyway… I am transitioning from making dough in the breadmaker to using my KitchenAid Mixer that I have named Rebel. You can of course mix everything together with a spoon and knead with your hands if you like. This recipe originally comes from […]
Michael Smith’s No-Knead Country Bread
Anna’s Rustic No-Knead Artisan Bread
Flavours of PEI: Buttermilk Biscuits
“OMG! These things are dynamite. Made them. Loved them. Me and kids ate them all.” ~ Three D Photos Thanks to all of you who voted for me to win the PEI Recipe Challenge, I won second place and a copy of the cookbooks Flavours of Prince Edward Island: A Culinary Journey and The Best of Chef at Home! […]
Rachel Allen’s Banana Bread & Cookbook Review of “Bake”
Last Christmas I received the cookbook Rachel’s Baking Secrets (although my book is entitled “Bake”) from my mom for Christmas and have had a great time testing out the recipes. I absolutely adored watching Rachel Allen‘s show Bake, so much so I had to get her cookbook. I have made her Apple and Oat Crumble, Peanut Butter […]
Recipe for Rich White Dinner Rolls with Thyme
My husband’s family were getting together for a holiday dinner and I was asked to bring dinner rolls. I knew immediately I had to make my favourite rolls from the book Canada’s Best Bread Machine Baking Recipes. My personal touch? Adding some chopped fresh thyme. I only used the breadmaker for the dough so you can […]