General Baking

<p>Bread and baking: From yeast breads to techniques</p>

Chooks v Ducks

Has anyone any experience with keeping chooks or ducks (2 or 3) in a suburban garden? I was thinking of a couple of chooks, but I...

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Coffee

For many years I used a coffee plunger (French press) to brew my coffee. I have just upgraded to a Bialetti Caffettiera (Moka pot...

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Not on the Label

Today on the online [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2007/01/not_on_the_label.html][b]BBC News[/b][/url]: "Ethical Man...

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Soupe on saturday night!

This being a cold saturday I decided it was time for some seafood! I had a mediterranean idea, a melange of flavors close to my...

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The black hand strikes.

Hi folks, op was a success. Both hands are black from bruising, but they work. Painfull if I use too much grip, but I can still...

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Introducing Myself

Hey everyone, I've been lurking around here a while and finally decided to join. I'm in the U.S., California to be exact. I'm...

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A Fine Baker

I have posted on Alex Croquet before on Dan Lepard's site, but had a chance to buy and taste his stuff on a recent trip to France...

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Follow the inca trail

If anyone wants to read of my perilous adventure in the Andes it's posted on my site, about 2/3's of the way through so you can...

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Twas The Diet After Christmas

Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the house, Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse. The cookies I'd nibbled, the...

First Loaf of the Year

[size=9]shhh...it's not sourdough.[/size] 25% granary, 50% strong, 25% plain plus handful of wheatgerm. [img]http://www.sourdough...

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