Marcos Cerutti’s Ciabatta

  What is a ciabatta? Marcos Cerutti   Holey bread. Jeremy Shapiro   Yes. Holey bread, m ade with flour and too much water! Marcos Curutti  Thanks, Marcos… here's to your advice. My latest effort at ciabatta.   ...

Swiss Fruit Yeast

Fruit water yeast with a double fed formula from The Bread Bakers Guild of America newsletter, by Jeffrey Hamelman. Taking these to a friend in California. Can't wait to cut into it!

Simit

Simit are twisted ring breads from Turkey. Made with sesame crumb and crust, they are addictive. I first ate them while on a ferry outside Istanbul, visiting my friend Dilara.  The lovely tastes and memories lingered. So I wanted to make a batch at home. Here they...

Kimchee Landbrot

Landbrot is the quintissential country loaf, often with rye, and wheat combinations. Add in some  Sauerkraut, landbrot is a hardy, moist bread for sandwiches.  My latest adaption of sauerkraut bread, was switching kimchee for sauerkraut, confusion, hmm,...

Breaking Bread With Sara

I did a bread collaboration with Sara De Bellis of Abbotegga restaurant this week, incorporating regional Italian breads into a wine and food pairing. Sort of an aperetivo style mix, it included Ligurian onion focaccia, Piadina flat breat from Emilia Romana, and...