Our Bread Blog

We started blogging before blogging was a word or a thing. We're gathering our posts here. Enjoy!

2023-04-20 DAGNABIT! I HATE it when people do this!

2023-04-20 DAGNABIT! I HATE it when people do this! What do you mean I do it too? Have ...

Kaiser rolsl for the freat malt shoot out, part 1

2022-01-09 The Great Malt Shootout, Part 1

2022-01-09 The Great Malt Shootout, Part 1 This post was first sent out as a newsletter to the ...

2021-12-23 What Shall We Do With the Stale Panettone?

2021-12-23 What Shall We Do With the Stale Panettone? This post was first sent out as a newsletter ...

2021-12-05 – Not Dead Yet – Breads, Pizzas, Lore and More

2012-12-05 - Not Dead Yet - Breads, Pizzas, Lore and More This post was first sent out as ...

2021-06-22 On The Road Again

2021-06-21 On The Road Again! In which Mike talks about discovery on a road trip, and yet another ...

Big Batcha Bagels

BIG BATCHA BAGELS!!!! In Which Mike Makes As Large A Batch Of Bagels As His Mixer Will Handle! ...

2021-04-17 Ramblin’ and Promisin’

2021-04-21 Ramblin' and Promisin' A quick apology - life has been complicated of late, and busy. That has ...

2021-04-03 A New Approach(able Loaf)

2021-04-03 A New Approach(able Loaf) Hello Breadheads, As mentioned in a recent Mike's (more or less) Weekly Baking ...

Whole Wheat Sourdough Pancake - Delicious!

2021-03-07 – You’ll Wholly Flip For These Sourdough Pancakes

2021-03-07 You'll Wholly Flip For These Pancakes! Sadly, my doctors are encouraging me to cut back on ...

2021-02-28 A deep dive into feeding sourdough and discard -Mike’s (more or less) Weekly Baking Tips

2021-02-28 A Deep(er) Dive Into Starter Maintenance With a special look at feeding cycles and starter discard Sometimes ...

Lookin’ Through a Window Pane

Lookin' Through a Window Pane Many bakers talk about "pulling a windowpane". Why do we want a windowpane? ...

2020-10-17 – Tilting at Windmills, Fighting Inertia, Going to Downtown Flavortown – Mike’s (more or (much) less) Weekly Baking Tips

2020-10-17 - Tilting at Windmills, Fighting Inertia, Going to Downtown Flavortown - Mike's (more or (much) less) Weekly ...

2020-08-24 A Cool Ikea Find, Busting a Myth and more – Mike’s (more or less) Weekly Baking Tips

2020-08-24 - An Ikea Find, Mythbusting, Sweltering In Place, and more Hello Bread Heads! We've been making videos ...

2020-08-16 A New Start(er), Dutch Ovens, Knives and more- Mike’s (more or less) Weekly Baking Tips

2020-08-16 - Starters, Dutch Ovens, Knives and maybe more Hello Bread Heads! Here we are at last! I've ...

July 25th Bake Bagels and Light Rye Breads

2020-07-26 – If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck! Mike’s (more or less) Weekly Baking Tips

2020-07-26 - If It Wasn't For Bad Luck! Hello Bread Heads! Class notes - The LONG awaited better ...

2020-06-25 Pizza! AND TRADITION!

2020-06-25 Pizza AND TRADITION!! From Mike's (more or less) Weekly Baking Tips Let's change course in the middle ...

2020-06-18 Yet Another Mixer Shootout!

2020-06-18 Yet Another Mixer Shootout Should I hook, or should I roll? We could turn that into a ...

2020-06-05 It Doesn’t HAVE To Be Difficult! Mike’s (more or less) Weekly Baking Tips

2020-06-05 It Doesn't HAVE To Be Difficult! Sometimes, OK - all too often, we make baking bread harder ...

2020-05-28 Secrets of Bread Pudding and Class Comments – Mike’s (more or less) Weekly Baking Tips

2020-05-28 Secrets of Bread Pudding and Class Comments - Mike's (more or less) Weekly Baking Tips Hi Bread ...

2020-05-13 Oops – Too Much Bread, What Now? – Mike’s (more or less) Weekly Baking Tips

2020-05-13 - Oops, What Do We Do With All That Bread, and Hopes for Classes! Hello Bread Heads! ...

2020-04-20 Toast of the Town – Mike’s (more or less) Weekly Baking Tips

Hi Bread Heads, Toast. I LOVE toast! Not as a way to salvage a past it's prime loaf, ...

2020-03-05 Covid-19 and Class News, Frigid and Scruffy Ride Again, and What About Pre-shaping?

2020-04-05 Covid-19 and Class News, Frigid and Scruffy Ride Again, and What About Pre-shaping? Hello Bread Heads! Covid-19 ...

2020-03-31 It’s NOT that hard!

2020-03-31 It's NOT that hard! Reflections on baking and Pastabilities Hi Bread Heads! This one is going to ...

2020-03-08 From The Mailbag – Mike’s (more or less) Weekly Baking Tips

Hello Bread Heads! I was digging around my email package and found a folder of forgotten emails that ...