A few bakers I respect (including Eli Colvin) have mentioned the magic of baking with grape seed flour. It certainly has a unique color, as well as a flavor. While sorting out my bins, I found an unused bag and decided to make a loaf with it. Using an...
A big thanks to the maven of grain, Barbara Elisi Carraciolo who schlepped sacks of flour to Michigan and mailed them to me. While I haven't been able to bake with them while I was on my vacation in Europe, I can't wait to try using her selection of French, Sicilian...
In the past, my friend Domenico got me samples from Pivetti, the Parma-based flour milling company. These included Skura, a flour Antonino Esposito developed with grano arso. Well, the company was kind enough to send some more, a fairly big bag, actually. So there's...
Last summer, my buddy Filippo Drago gifted me with bags of Bio Antichi Ricetta Flour. Having used most of it, I used the last bit to make lievito madre (sourdough). The results included nice tight crumb, as well as of a volcanic crust which made me think of Mount...
I wrote a previous post about baking a Sicilian Pane Nero. The last batch was a bit dense. Wanting to give it another try, this time I used a special flour made with ancient grains, benefit of the variety of grains and mill of my Sicilian friend Filippo Drago....
Sunrise Flour Mills, located in Minnesota, makes great flours. I only found out from an Italian baker living in Sweden named Barbara Elisi. I ended up ordering four bags of their Red Fife Bolted and Turkey Red, both refined wheat. So far I've had some...
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