Visiting Paris for Thanksgiving weekend, I assumed there would be boulangeries every corner. Are boulangeries in a death spiral, or is there a movement to recover this mom-and-pop industry before it is lost? So far, it seems the movement isn’t working, as I...
My brother in California uses some nice from flours Giustos. And while he lacks any rye or other desired grains, I did find a bag of teff! That led me to a Teff formula from Birdsong. The trick to Teff usage is pre-gelatinization followed by adding starter. Remember...
Temperature is a key to baking, which led me to buy a decent thermometer and one to capture "ph" levels. Mine tests alkalinity in the water with which I mix the flour, delineating the minerals that are key in fermentation. It's all scientific I...
