Made a small “biga” yesterday morning using just the sourdough discard remnants in the bottom of a jar, added 55g of water and 55g of flour. Mixed, covered and left on the counter to rise. Added it to 600g of flour, salt and hydration was 70%. Made the dough last night before bed. Was left…

Escargot in mushroom caps. Served with slices of baguette to sop up the garlic butter.

Fed both of my starters Sunday morning. The original “Mother” fed with organic rye and her “Daughter”, fed with commercial bread flour. Both of these starters are 6 years old. I used 60g of the discard to make a biga. By the time I got home from work the starters were ready to go into…

Quick and easy work night dinner. I bought three racks of pork (loins) recently and cut a couple of chops off one of them. Got home from work about 5:15 tonight and we were eating at 5:55. Put a pot of water on to boil for my rice. I cook rice the same way I…

This is one of my favourite go to dinners. So easy to make, even on a work night.

I like to have a few doughs on the go in the fridge. I will sometimes make three or four batches at one time. I started to write the date on the lid so they don’t get mixed up. I had two in the fridge, one from January 1st and one that I apparently forgot…

January 4th I got a head start on dinner yesterday morning before leaving for work. But Moe wasn’t hungry for a full dinner, so it got postponed until morning. So for breakfast he had Chicken with Mushrooms over Pappardelle. I took the same for lunch.

First bake of 2025. Rye Bread. Made a cocktail loaf and baked one loaf in a bread pan. I also fed both my starters which I had not fed since the end of November. Both bounced back quickly and had doubled in less than 8 hours. Will make a batch of sourdough this week. Made…

First dinner of 2025. Baked a bone in ham and served with scalloped potatoes, squash, and Brussel Sprouts.