I thought my sourdough starter was vigorous, strong and ready to use, but I may have been mistaken.  My loaves, with a dark crisp crust …

Yeast may be hard to find in the store, but it turns out that it’s easy to find at home.  Yeast is all around us, …

The toilet paper and cleaning supply aisles emptied out early on in the pandemic.  The next section to be pillaged, by my observation, was the …

Homemade bread, an elaborate cake, pizza from scratch, or a hearty bean stew, our unexpected time at home is an opportunity for some culinary creativity. …

Simple and impressive – two words that are not often paired when discussing baking. We’re bombarded these days with elaborate cakes, fancy tarts, artisanal loaves, …

A recipe from FranksFeast.com Popovers Adapted from Gourmet Magazine These easy and reliable popovers are delicious and great to bake with kids. A special popover …

I was ogling the bread, as I usually do, when our friend Diane said, “Semifreddie’s is the best sourdough in San Francisco.” We were visiting …

Bread is the staff of life, the staple of our western diet since the end of the hunter-gatherer era. It’s an ingrained habit – more …