Month: June 2023
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The Introvert
Some kids spent a day learning how to ride a bicycle, but it took me a week. I still remember being alone on a river bank, dirt high and slope steep, full of tall grass. Then I fell and rolling down with me was the bicycle, all the way to the edge of the water. …
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High Rises
Bakers love high rises. A tall and fluffy loaf of bread, a crisp and airy pâte-à-choux, a poofy and pillowy soufflé, a bed of cloud of meringue are the crowning achievement worthy of a brag. Previously, this sort of baking could only be done in a communal oven, which only existed in highly populated towns.…
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Making Bread
I’m no expert at bread making. I’ve tried my hands at sourdoughs, baguettes, bagels, flat breads, soda breads, and they mostly came up short of my expectation. But over the years, I’ve gathered a decent dose of learning for an appreciable bread dough. It makes for a good table bread, to be doused in swirls…
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