For the time being (until we are sure the Covid-19 pandemic has passed), we’re as close as your computer – all our classes are live and on-line. We’ve been liking on-line classes and may continue to offer them even once the coast is clear. When we start offering live and in person classes, it’s really […]
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2018-08-12 – Mike’s Going Crackers! Mike IS going crackers! It began a few years ago when I saw a recipe for Lavash Crackers in Reinhart’s “The Breadbaker’s Apprentice” and thought it looked pretty neat. Of course, I converted it to sourdough, and it was very popular in our house and bakery. However, it was so
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August 19, 2018 – Crackers, Ending Starter Waste and MORE! Or, is Mike going crackers again? Maybe, stay tuned! A Healthy recipe? Run away! Run away! Lately we’ve been working on cracker recipes, and we do have another one to link to in today’s newsletter. While we were searching for recipes, we ran across a
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August 5, 2018 – Changing Recipes and Hatch Green Chile Bread After the past two or three LONG newsletters, this shorter one might be a relief. And that it’s REALLY about baking might make it even better. Back to bread – The Texas Cottage Food laws prohibit a cottage food baker from selling foods that
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2018-07-30 So, you want to have a home bakery, part 5 Market Math And that brings us to another topic… when is working a farmers market worth it? Everyone has their own motivations, and money isn’t the only motivation. Still, there are times when money IS a major driver. To a teacher in some underpaid
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2019-07-30 – Respect the Fermentation We’ve fallen into a frenzy of baking, and it’s been a sheer delight! For a few years, the only time I’ve baked was for a class, and that was more a matter of helping others rather than refining my techniques. And, honestly, my breads were starting to show it. Now
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2018-07-08 A Tale of Two Loaves You CAN go home again! Take that Thomas Wolfe! Before we get into today’s tales of redemption and woe, a few quick tidbits. If I’ve done nothing else well in my life, I have married well. The support and love I receive from Beth is overwhelming and almost embarrassing.
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2018-06-03 So, you want to have a home bakery, Part 4 Some marketing drivel and then – Actual baking tips! Yeah, this was going to be the final blog post dedicated to starting a home, or cottage, food business. But people asked questions and I had second or third thoughts, so there are more installments.
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2018-05-29 So, you want to have a home bakery, Part 3 where we talk about the Bread of the Week Club In some areas farmers markets are open all year long, in other areas when the farmers markets aren’t open there are other marketing opportunities such as winter festivals, Christmas markets and so on. But
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2018-05-01 – Making a recipe your own – So you want to have a home bakery, Part 1 It seems in every class someone thinks that our recipes, or formulas, were carved into stone tablets on Mt. Sinai and that they MUST NOT be changed in any way. I go to the other extreme –
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2018-05-20 – So, you want to have a home bakery, Part 2 (And some baking information too!) We get lots and lots of questions about sourdough baking here at sourdoughhome.com. And we’re OK with that. Anyone who puts themselves in the public eye espousing any level of expertise and claiming to help people should, well,
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2018-01-21 Flour Mills, Storing Bread, Making Dough and more… SO Many Questions! Well, it’s been a while, so let’s talk about bread. And dough. And the meaning of life. And the universe. And EVERYTHING! (42!) This probably could be 3 emails, but the mood is upon me! To start with, I’m done with the flour
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