Salt, Water, Yeast, Flour

Sourdough breads are all pretty much just salt, water, yeast/starter, and flour. Sometimes I need to increase or decrease the total amount but keep the ratios the same. I had a spreadsheet for this but decided to make it a web-form to have available and some others might find...

Pasta

I’ve been playing around making my own pasta at home. I’m not competent enough to do the counter-top flour with a well of eggs in the center — I “cheat” and use a stand mixer....

Bread Flour

There are lots of different types of flour. I don’t have unlimited space. And it’s fairly easy to make higher-protein bread flour if you have all purpose flour and a high-protein flour, sometimes called vital wheat gluten. I use Bob’s Red Mill Vital Wheat Gluten because I can readily...

Salmon In Foil

We’re not fond of turkey — the name says it all — so this is what we’re having for Thanksgiving....