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Kolache are a fruit-filled yeasted pastry round whose origins are Eastern European. They were introduced to the United states primarily by Czech immigrant communities in the midwest and Texas. I never actually tried to make them until our accountant at my job asked...
"Discard" is a term used by some bakers for excess sourdough. I think it's a terrible name as it reminds me of waste, something no one in the world of food much wants to encourage. Recently I found out that a niece of mine in Switzerland had quit her bakery...
Poppy seed rolls are a goody that I first enjoyed at New York City's legendary Lower East Side Jewish delis and bakeries. But later I discovered great poppy seed rolls could be found in the Polish enclave of Greenpoint in Brooklyn. I remember biking...
A project this past summer was baking varieties of "brioche feuilletée." It's a laminated brioche dough in which the baker holds back part of the butter in its building. During hotter weather, any butter-rich Viennoisserie can be tricky. It's...
My workplace gave us employees a phone call a few weeks ago. "Come back to work!" I am now acting as both the morning baker as well as lunch and evening chef, as we are trying to save on bread. Why? We are only at 25-percent capacity using outdoor seating. Though...
A classic patisserie item found at any bakery in France, Canelé Bordelaise have now gone global, showing up as ubiquitous at all of New York City's high end pastry shops. They consist of a batter basically made from sweetened milk, eggs, flour, and sugar, then...
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