Category: Reviews

Crap Loaf Pans

I try out some silicone loaf pans that claim they won't bend out of shape....

Loaflet, Take Two

Found this cute little 10oz Dutch Oven awhile back at some discount store (Marshall’s, Ross, etc.). So I decided to make a little loaf of sourdough. 10g starter, 40g water, 70g flour, 2g salt. Next time I’ll up the water and reduce the flour to get around 66%, but...

Loaflets

So I was at Marshall’s and saw stacks of these little pans, six to a set. Had no idea what I was going to do with them, but I had to have them. I’ve since read about using them for individual meatloaves, banana bread, and cranberry orange bread. But...

Hypocrisy

Recently our local Raley’s grocery store became a “O-N-E” store — Organics, Nutrition, and Education. Okay. The first change we noticed was that a lot of common things we bought were gone. No more did they have Gallo Salami or the cheap-ass hot-dogs we buy to hide the dog’s...

Buying A Mixer

A fair number of people have told me they’d love to bake more but they don’t have a stand mixer and can’t afford one. First of all, a mixer is a convenience. Okay, if you want to make something very wet like ciabatta or brioche, I’d say it’s a...