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Whole Wheat Oatmeal Bread with Walnuts and Raisins
Husband tells me that his late grandmother, who lived till 90, used to love whole wheat flour, vegetables, and wheat germ. She had all the right ideas, it seems. Husband himself, given the choice, will...
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Plain White Sourdough Bread
Even Husband liked this sourdough loaf. (I have hopes for that man.) A little baking soda in the dough cut some of the sourdough tang, that was the secret. The starter I used was based on whole wheat...
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Lachuch, Yemenite Flatbread
I walked down the narrow, sunlit, cobblestone streets of the Yemenite Quarter in Tel Aviv. Running parallel to the noisy, crowded Carmel market, it’s a time-warp of a neighborhood where old-fashioned...
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The Miracle of Bread
It happens when I pick up a slice of my own bread. I turn it around, inspect the crumb and color. Bite, and judge the yield of the crust to my teeth. The age-old smell of fermented flour. The...
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Khachpuri, Georgian Cheese Bread
I once made friends with three Russian butchers in my neighborhood supermarket. For some reason, they took me to their collective hearts. It amused them, I think, to share their wisdom with this...
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Anadama Bread Recipe
On a rainy day like this, what better thing to do than stay in and bake bread? I wanted a new bread, something I haven’t done before. So I turned to my cookbooks – too many cookbooks, some of which...
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Brioche, The New Succot Breakfast
This, Reader, is an upside down brioche. It’s everything I want in a brioche. Light, tender crumb. Raisins. Buttery, yeasty, just-sweet-enough flavor. I was looking for a good breakfast bread to serve...
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Bialys, An Old-World Onion Bread Recipe
Bialys were a specialty of Jewish bakeries in Bialystock, Poland, before WWII. I imagine that they came about the same way that pizza did in Italy. Excess bread dough was pressed into a convenient...
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Onion Rolls Recipe
This is on of the goodies we’re going to pack into our Mishlochei Manot (Purim packages). I recycle the junky snacks we receive into other packages, feeling a bit guilty. Not guilty because we’re not...
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Easy Herb and Olive Bread
It’s Sukkot, and the weather has kindly cooled down. We’ve even had some early rain, the signal for me to go into a fine frenzy of baking. Sourdough bread. Applesauce Oatmeal Muffins. And the easy...
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