The word “companion” comes from the Latin “cum pane” or “with bread” – in other words, a companion is someone with whom we share our bread!
Sunday May 20, 2007 – Camp Bread, Day 1 Mike Pontificates (yeah, so what’s new?), Mike Meets ….. everybody! The day started with breakfast. Every day, the campers eat breakfast and lunch together. Sunday, like most days, the breakfast was catered by Boudin Bakery. They served some excellent pastries, and I had far more pastries, and far less …
Saturday May 19, 2007 – Camp Bread, Day 0 Day zero? Yeah, it was the last setup day and the day the instructors were given their orientation classes. Beth and I got up bright and early and moved from the Homewood Suites to the Embassy Suites. The move wasn’t all that suite. We took the …
Friday May 18, 2007 – The Trip To Camp Bread After the bake night Wednesday night, and resting up on Thursday after the deliveries were complete, it was time to fly to San Francisco. It was amazing! Despite past experiences that had me cringing in anticipation, United Airlines, the only airline that serves our mountain …
2003-08-02 If it’s faster, they will come! It’s amazing… we installed a WiFi link between us and our ISP. Peak Internet is about 1/4 mile away and we have good line of sight. Since installing the high speed link, the number of visits to the web page per day have increased by about 25% since …
2003-08-01 WiFi Link Up and Flour Tests! Say… did I mention that the high speed wireless link to the Internet is back up again? Well, it is. Instead of a wimpy downstream modem, we’re now connected at somewhere between 756,000 and 1,000,000 bits per second. We are so delighted that we’re downloading huge software updates, …
We’re getting closer and closer to opening the bakery. Our zoning hearing is on August 13th, and if all goes well, we’ll start moving in on August 15th. Luckily, we live in Gunnison, Colorado so it won’t be too hot to move. We’re hoping to start production in early September. Once we’re in our own …
2003-07-21 Getting it read and other rambles Things have been kinda slow around here lately. Well, at least on the bread front. Efforts to open the bakery have gone into high gear, and paradoxically, that means I’ve had less time to bake, try experiments or new recipes, or mess with the web page than usual. …
2003-07-25 Embarrassment! A Typo! Oh Know! I am SO embarrassed. In the Introduction to baking page’s English Muffin Loaf I made a terrible typo! The recipe called for 2 1/2 cups of flour, and I typed in 1 1/2. This must have made the recipe an awful mess! And on the introduction page too! Apologies …
2003-07-12 Wherein Mike Hypes The English Muffin Bread Recipe The yeasted English Muffin Bread recipe is on-line now. This is the second recipe in my (hopefully) painless introduction to baking. It has been YEARS since I baked this recipe, and I had forgotten how very much I liked it. How long has it been since …
2003-07-12 Wherein Mike Hypes the English Muffin Bread Recipe Read More »
2013-07-11 HEY!!! What Happened to the Gluten-Free Page? I’m sorry, really I am. I had hoped to investigate gluten free sourdough in hopes of producing a line of gluten free sourdough breads to sell through health food stores and share such information as I found. As you may recall, most of the gluten free …
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2003-07-06 Wherein Mike Tours Disney’s Version of the Boudin Bakery We just got back from Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure where I toured the Boudin Bakery. It was amazing to see so much bread made with so little human contact. The bread was beautiful, but the taste of the bread wasn’t at all what I …
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2003-06-15 Sourdough Croissants and Danish I’ve been playing with Danish and Croissants. In sourdough, of course. Lots of fun. If you have a favorite Danish filling you can suggest, please send the recipe on to me through our “Contact Us” page. If we like the recipe enough, we’ll include it in our web page and …