Peter Reinhart’s new book…Artisan Breads Every Day

Peter Reinhart’s new book is out! I have two signed copies, one for myself…and one…for one of you… 

Sourdough Breads from the Store

I couln’t believe it but I found some La Brea Bakery bread in a Hilo store! Not only that , but I found some San Francisco Sourdough bread as well from Raymond’s Bakery. So I bought them and brought them home to see how they compared ( In the last post there was a a contest [...]

Bob’s Red Mill vs Gold Medal and King Arthur

If you have been following the last few posts, you will know that this post is about testing Bob’s Red Mill bread flour. So far I have tested King Arthur and Gold Medal bread flour, which you can see in the two previous posts. I made up a formula to follow when testing each flour [...]

Comparing Flours – Gold Medal vs. King Arthur

 

In my last blog post I decided to compare the bread flours I could find locally here in Hawaii, where different brands are somewhat limited. I decided to do this because at the Costco on the island, I bought 100 lbs of a flour which was giving me grief. There don’t seem to be many places here [...]

Comparing Flours..and Warm Weather Baking

After my last post about poor quality flour, I decided to see what other kinds of flour I could find locally. I found a 5lb bag of King Arthur Unbleached Bread flour at the local KTA market and also a Gold Medal Bread flour, which was five pounda as well. The King Arthur Flour cost [...]

Asiago, Kalamata, Rosemary Loaf

Althought I have not been posting as often, I still bake sourdough very often. Some of the items I have been baking are:
I decided to work on a one day sourdough with a flavor wallop. I bought some very expensive Kalamata olives and some Asiago cheese to bake up what I call a Kalamata Loaf.