Category: Food

Sourdough Bread: Baking

Assuming you have grown your own sourdough starter, you are now on your way to a delicious boule of bread! I follow Jim Lahey’s no-kneed recipe for bread but I substitute my starter for the yeast and I subtract our 100gm and 1/2 cup of water for the flour and water in the starter. The…


Sourdough Bread: Starter

A few years back I started making sourdough bread. The key to sourdough is growing your own yeast culture: starter. This starter is then used in place of store-bought instant yeast. The starter combined with a rustic style of fermenting the bread for 12-18 hours imparts a distinct sour flavor to the dough. First you must create…


What a Delivery!

This has to be the best fruit/veggie box I have received yet from Boston Organics service. It is my standard $29 “dogma box” of local veggies: Apples, beets, cabbage, celery root, red onions, potatoes, black radishes, sunchokes, and white mushrooms Plus a few add-on items: Garlic, local bee pollen, granola, spinach, bananas I am excited…