I recently checked out Peter Reinhart’s Bread Baker’s Apprentice from the public library. I’m re-kindling an old interest in bread making that goes back to my days of working as a baker during a summer break from college. Since then, the majority of my baking has focused on making sweets or quick breads. No complaints, [...]
To celebrate the season, Dharma and I recently brewed a five-gallon batch of Oktoberfest Marzen. We purchased the kit from Adventures in Homebrewing, which recently opened a new location here in Ann Arbor(!). Watching the Michigan/Michigan State football game never tasted this good! Cheers.
The summer solstice, my birthday, and fresh strawberries are just a few reasons why I look forward to month of June each year. Speaking of the latter, I stopped at Rowe’s Produce Farm in Ypsilanti on my way home from work last night. In a mere 25 minutes I was able to pick just under [...]
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Do you like sweets? If so, I highly recommend the Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented cookbook. I had read several reviews of the book in food magazines and had added it to my wish list, but it was the Cook The Book features on Serious Eats that prompted me to take action and finally [...]
For the past month or so Dharma and I have been baking our way through the Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day cookbook. All in all, our impression of the book is favorable. Admittedly, I was somewhat surprised to discover a recipe for za’atar bread. I suppose this speaks to the popularity of the [...]
If you’ve lived anywhere near a sizable Polish community in the United States then you must be familiar with Pączki! In addition to being such a fun word to pronounce (go on, say “POONCH-kee”), these little devils are delectable. Growing up in metro Detroit and having attended Catholic school as a child, Fat Tuesday was [...]
My colleague Khaliph created a great short video on how to make Arabic coffee for the forthcoming exhibit, From Mocha to Latte: Coffee, the Arab World and the $4 Cup, at the Arab American National Museum. This small exhibit opens to the public this Thursday, January 28, and runs through August 15, 2010. If you [...]
Friday and Sunday nights are generally special times in our kitchen. Friday evenings are usually reserved for exploring new pizza recipes (props to @mcburton and @rifferaff for the inspiration!) and Sunday is more free form. Some Sunday’s we try to learn ethnic recipes passed down through the family and others we choose new recipes from [...]
I have a soft spot in my heart for traditions. Coupled with a penchant for history – I am a historian, after all – I was happy to spend quality time with sitti (Arabic for “my grandmother”) last night learning the family recipe for kibbeh. For the uninitiated, kibbeh is the national dish of Lebanon. [...]