When I arrived in Lampenberg, Switzerland to visit my sister, my sister had a container of sourdough /levain waiting for me. When I popped the lid, the aroma was… well, “unique.” Apparently she had given it a dose of home-made pine syrup. Shots below...
I met German baker René Knöebel at a Swiss food chain named Migro’s in a village near my sisters’. He let me take photographs of his shop, It’s great. Here’s the baker and some brot!
Daniel Strachan is a Canadian expat living pretty near my sisters and I wanted to meet the man behind the Joy of gluten blog.Though my sister and Daniel spoke on the phone, I think maybe my sisters Baselland directional map was a bit off? A dark moonlight drive to...
Before starting my vacation, I ordered food for a friend staying with my cats, not quite a gourmet or cook. So I ordered bagged bread and I mistakenly ordered a bread that just happened to be par-baked product too! By far my least favorite bread in all ways. So baked...
Bagels are always a good thing. The Jerusalem bagel isn't boiled, it's baked. And like the Turkish ka'kak, it can be similarly sprinkled with sesame seeds or zaatar. Oval shaped, they're chewier than traditional bagels. I...
