Entries tagged with baking

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Red Letter Day for Mail

Many good things came in the mail today -- a reimbursement check from our homeowner's insurance agent (dang those guys are quick!), my 23AndMe kit, and the Curt Phillips for TAFF anthology! It's a damn-fine looking fanzine and offers up a lovely selection of Curt's fan writing. Highly enjoyable stuff. Get yours today! Also, Curt Phillips for TAFF!

And yes, I've gone and gotten myself signed up with 23AndMe. Thinking about going to England just tends to spur my curiosity about my biological father. It's a long shot that any immediate relatives will turn up, but even if not, there should be genetic information from the mystery side of the family, and a sense of where those folks are from. Plus I went ahead and did the consent to participate in research because genetic! research! The kit is easy to use, as is the registration process, although it's certainly one of the longest TOS agreements and Privacy Statements I've ever seen. Not surprising, but impressive.

I also put together another batch of dough for bread for the week today. This first loaf was the best yet. You would not believe the noms. Crisp crust, chewy consistency with a custard crumb. Just seriously amazing bread. Who knew it could be this ridiculously easy to make really top notch bread? Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day -- highly recommended.

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Baking Day Supports Curt Phillips for TAFF

Today I'm making bread out of the third and final ball of last weekend's dough. The first loaf went into the toast you see there. Close to the first time I've made toast out of home made bread -- usually such a rarity it's gone before it's cold, or else it's scones, which don't toast well. The middle ball went into a Chicago-style pan pizza (another first) mid-week. BJs' dough is sweeter, but other than that, mine was a pretty fair approximation of West Coast immitation-Chicago-style pizza. Anyway, it was noms and we ate the whole thing.

I'm also playing with a sort of intermediate version of scrambled eggs -- not as much ever-lovin' fuss as French-style scrambled eggs, these were, but still similarly rich and silky. So that's a win.

And even as I type this, the "Curt Phillips for TAFF" anthology zine should be done and out in the world, or reasonably soon thereafter. Get yours today, and Vote for Curt!

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This Morning, I'm Baking

This entry actually should have hit the airwaves on Saturday, March 1, which is when most of it was typed, but there was a small contretemps somewhere on the intertubes, and I was distracted. Here, have a picture of bread.

( Life changes and chef's knives, all under the fig leaf for length )