“How can a nation be great if its bread tastes like Kleenex?”
2019-11-24 I shoulda known better! Mike’s (more or less) Weekly Baking Tips An ongoing debate in sourdough circles is how to treat your starter. And when obsessive types like me say things like, “A starter at room temperature should be fed twice a day”, some more laid back people say things like, “Nah! I leave …
Our “So you want to own a home bakery saga” A while back we sent out a series of emails about how to start a home, or cottage, bakery. A number of people have asked us to share it again, so we decided to put it in our blog, and set up pointers to it …
What ARE “Sticks” Of Butter? As confusing as cups are to people who don’t use them, which is to say virtually everyone not in the USA, the notion of “Sticks of butter” is even more so. In the USA, butter is normally packaged in 1 pound (454 gram) packages. The packages are usually divided into …
2019-11-17 Hey, Didn’t We Just Do This? The more observant subscribers may be wondering why a second Mike’s (more or less) Weekly Baking Tips newsletter is coming out the day after the last one. The VERY observant subscribers will note that the one that made it to you yesterday was dated 2019-11-10. In an age …
2019-11-10 A New Page and Contest Results Sometimes I forget to do good things, and this time I forgot to do a GREAT thing. Before we opened the bakery, back in 2004, we made the most amazing cinnamon rolls – or sticky buns – ever! A few people said if we sold them, it would …
2019-05-26 A Message of Mantras and Memes Years ago my son was taking martial arts classes, and he was doing pretty well. He learned the katas (training exercises) and it was a joy to watch him. He did light sparring with the kids in his dojo and did quite well. And then, one day, the …
2019-06-30 – Another delicate matter…. Or, Everything you know is wrong! Or, is it? That was the title of one of my favorite Firesign Theatre records. Remember records? Remember sitting around the stereo? Ahhh.. memories… anyway, let’s talk about some sourdough beliefs and misbeliefs! There seem to be two major camps in the sourdough community. …
The Emperor Has No Clothes! If you don’t listen to “Rise Up! – The Baker’s Podcast” you should. Every week or so the host, Mark Dyck talks to different bakers who share their stories. It’s been an amazing array of bakers. Rise Up! is available on most podcast services, and from Mark’s home page http://riseuppod.com/ …
The Mystique of Fresh Bread “I want to serve fresh bread to my family every day!” How often has someone told you that? If I had a nickel for each time someone said that to me, my retirement would much more comfortable! And, I don’t know why people say that, really. I’ve talked about this …
Total Cinnamon Rush I can’t believe I’ve never shared this recipe! Though it is a bit of a bother and has caused “issues”. It kinda reminds me of a line in The Beatles song about desserts, “Savoy Truffle” where they sing, “But you’ll have to have them all pulled out after the Savoy Truffle!” Yeah, …