Riddle me this... what recipe sprawls over ten pages and takes seven hours to complete? Julia Child's French Bread, of course! Julia Child evokes warm, fuzzy feelings in the hearts of many Americans, however on this side of the...
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It is possible that I am the cruellest woman in the world. At the very least, I'm definitely the cruellest woman in our house, admittedly this is an easy crown to claim as I'm the only woman in our...
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Way back at IMBB 6: Grillers and Barbecuers Delight, I admired Deb's Char Siew Bao. Over a year later I've finally managed to get round to making some of my own, my only problem was that I've never actually...
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Pita bread has been on my mental To-Do List for years, however, it took the request of a good friend for me to finally attempt making it. Hi, Heather! I think that, "Wow!" says it all. Home-made pita bread...
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This is our favourite white bread. It has nice tall slices which are perfect for breakfast toast and sandwiches and a good flavoursome crumb. This is good old-fashioned bread at its best. Flavoured and fancy loaves have their place,...
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It's been a rather long time since I've baked any bread. To correct this oversight I embarked on a baking adventure on Friday.... I've owned a copy of Rose Levy Beranbaum's "The Bread Bible" for a few months but...
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This shapely ring of bread is a Kugelhopf. As far as I can tell, both Austria and Germany claim that the Kugelhopf was invented there and hence the poor bread has various weird and wonderful spellings of its name...
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Hot Cross Buns are traditional Easter fare in England. Usually, we just buy them from the supermarket, but as I had plenty of time to spare I decided to make my own this year. The nicest thing about making...
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I've wanted to make brioche for quite some time now, however, all the recipes in my cookbooks advocate using a mixer due to the extreme softness of the dough. So, I put off attempting it. Now, with the advent...
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This recipe comes from my continuing love affair with Linda Collister's book: "Bread: From Ciabatta to Rye". Thus far, this is the only book on bread which has given me consistently great results. I salute Ms Collister! Swedish Saffron...
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I had the most wonderful sandwich the other day - goats cheese and fig chutney with some mixed leaves on granary bread. Absolutely delicious! I'm now determined to recreate it, so as the first step towards my ultimate sandwich...
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Update 19/11/07: Apparently the Village bakery Forums have closed down, so I am reproducing verbatim the recipe for Stollen at the end of this post. Thanks for all the emails! Also, I can confirm that going the extra mile...
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