works of wanderlust

Tag: sourdough bread guy

  • A Gift of Bread

    Since the pandemic began I’ve been baking a lot of sourdough. In fact, on my way home over a year ago from my last day in the office and even as we transitioned into working-from-home mode, I stopped at the grocery store and restocked my flour supply. Then as I checked into my kitchen and

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  • Grilled Grilled Cheese Spring Sandwich

    Late last year I bought a slab of cast iron from the local home improvement mega store. The idea was not to buy a quality cooking griddle, but instead supplement my outdoor grill with a reasonably inexpensive multi-purpose cooking surface. Delicate grill items, like veggies or fish are fine on aluminum foil, but I figured

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  • Our Well-Loved Cookbooks: Flour Water Salt Yeast

    So . . . I ordered yet another cookbook yesterday. I’ve recently been watching a cooking channel on YouTube (perhaps one you have heard of, unlikely one you figured I’d watch) and the host released a cookbook last year, so I splurged. Until a make a few recipes from the book itself, I don’t feel

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  • Ten Bread Creations Worth Warming Up Your Cast Iron

    An idea that often blows my mind is that a handful of ingredients like flour, water, salt and sugars can be blended together to form some of the tastiest food staples. Bread is one of those few universal foods, and cast iron turns out to be a great way to cook it …in a whole

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  • Guinness Sourdough (Part Three)

    A little more than a week ago I ran a bread-making experiment involving a loaf of sourdough and a can of Guinness stout. The results of that experiment were a less-than-ideal loaf of sourdough with a strong taste that didn’t quite make the repeat list. I thought a quick follow-up was due. So, yeah… the

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