This is my basic dough. I’ve been using this particular dough now since about 2014. The basics are the same, (flour, yeast, salt and water) . Depending on the amount of flour, the yeast, salt and water will be adjusted. And the hydration percentage can also be adjusted. I recently have reduced the hydration to…

Probably not the smartest idea to make a chicken pot pie on a work night. From scratch, including an all butter pastry. But Moe mentioned my chicken pot pie a few times recently so I decided to make him one. Got home from work at 5:30 and we were eating at 7:00. I normally aim…

I fed both my starters in the morning and started a small 250g batch with 40g of the discard and a pinch of yeast. 63% hydration, 7g of salt. Just big enough for a small boule. Left it out on the counter while I was at work and shaped and baked it last night. Sliced…

Steak for two. Presalted a 18oz NY Strip early in the morning and left it uncovered to air dry in the fridge. Seasoned with lots of black pepper and grilled over high heat. Served with “petite” baked potatoes.

We had halibut twice this week. Grilled Halibut with a Tomato, Kalamata, Garlic, lemon and Basil salsa. Roasted potato wedges. And a favourite Fish and Chips. With a light crisp beer tempura style batter. From Walcan Seafood #tidetomytable

Started two batches of dough on Tuesday, and put them both in the fridge. Both were 600g of flour and one had just 1g of yeast and the second one had 50g of sourdough discard and 1g of yeast. That batch also had 50g of whole wheat. Took the yeast only out very early Wednesday…

I was down to one piece of halibut in the freezer so I placed an order with Walcan Seafood again on Sunday. It was delivered before 8:30 Tuesday morning. They provide a tracking number and 30 minutes before arrival, I can track the driver right into my driveway. I guess I am easily amused but…

I had a craving recently for a Roast chicken dinner. Comfort food. I had bought a 6 pound roast chicken and presalted it last Saturday. Covered until Sunday night, and then uncovered and left it in the fridge to air dry until Monday afternoon. Moe took it out of the fridge a couple of hours…

Moe loves scallops and what better to pair with than another favourite – Halibut. Both the scallops and the halibut were dusted with curry powder before searing. Not being a fan of scallops I just had halibut.