“Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed around.” Anna Quindlen Turkish pizza anyone? …they call them PIDES, street food from Turkey. Quite similar to something called lahmajoun, an Armenian pizza. Scrumptious, I tell you!! I saw this post by Elle @ Elles New England Kitchen while following DB Filbert Gateaus posts 2 days … Continue reading TURKISH PIZZA ANYONE..Serving Pides with Pride!
“If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens.”Robert Browning as rustic as it gets… Italian artisan bread… Thicker than a pizza, this dimpled bread, focaccia, gets it’s name from the Latin word focus, meaning ‘hearth’ , because it was originally baked on an open hearth. Italian bakers … Continue reading RUSTIC ITALIAN FOCACCIA…IN A RING & MORE!
“Whose bread I eat: his song I sing.” German proverb Chick Peas / Chanas…almost like a summer salad Foodie blogs are buzzing with activity these days with lots of tags & events showing up to mark the appreciation of recipes tried from each others blogs. Tried and Tasted (T&T) is one such monthly event in … Continue reading CHICK PEAS THAT TASTE LIKE HOME…& DAL PARATHAS!
“Bread, milk and butter are of venerable antiquity. They taste of the morning of the world.” Leigh Hunt Knotted All Over…for dinner! I’ve had dinner rolls on my mind for a while with the Chuck Berry song that hums in the background. Yeastophobia being a thing of the past, I’m gingerly inching my way forward … Continue reading ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN…MAKE WAY FOR DINNER ROLLS!
“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.” Aesop VICTORY LOAF….FOCACCIA! Come spring & you find breads being baked with renewed fervour. Easter holiday breads are popping up all over the blogosphere…from hot cross buns to sweet braided loaves! I too have abandoned with glee my yeastophobia & jumped into … Continue reading LOAFING AROUND…FOCACCIA with garlic, onion & fresh basil
“Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.” Yiddish Proverb Julia Child’s French Loaf… The 29th is finally here…it’s been such a looooooooong wait! Presenting this month’s Daring Bakers challenge…‘Julia Child’s French Loaf’…hosted by Breadchicks Mary (The Sour Dough) & Sara (I Like to Cook). Did it evoke … Continue reading YEASTLY TALES;DARING BAKERS with JULIA CHILD’S FRENCH LOAF!
