Seattle Sourdough… Warning Critical Review
If you are the kind of person that doesn’t like the truth… this blog post is not for you. If you are like one lady who felt I had no right to an opinion about whether I liked a certain brand of flour or that everything must be neat, tidy and kind. Then this post is not for you. If you are the kind of person who likes cheap bread filled with chemicals…this post is not for you. If you are not used to real artisan and sourdough bread… bye. If you don’t really like an honest review of something… go away…
Now… you can’t say you weren’t warned!
A Visit to the Splash Cafe (Artisan Bread and Bakery goods)
I made a visit to the Splash Cafe in San Luis Obispo, CA today. Wow, was I in for a surprise! Outside the cafe it said it was also an Artisan Bakery. So of course I went inside.Continue reading
New Sourdough Book, "Discovering Sourdough" is Released
The book I have promised you for some time is now finished and available from my website at: http://www.northwestsourdough.com
I divided it into three separate .pdf files because it is a very large book. If you want to print it, it is best done on a printer that duplexes or you will have a VERY large book.
Tasting Local Sourdough Bread
I had the fun of tasting local sourdough breads here in California while visiting relatives. Of course I kept my eye out for any new brand of sourdough I could find. I was lucky enough to find three new ones that I had not tried before.Continue reading
Having Fun Testing Breads…
I found a great Natural Foods store in San Luis Obispo called New Frontiers. The store was filled with good things including a wonderful deli, a great salad bar, a meat counter, a cake and cookie bakery, bins and bins of bulk grains, seeds, and other foods, spices and many other items. I bought 50.00 worth of grains, seeds and different flours. I wanted to work on some Mill grain sourdoughs and I didn’t have any grains to put into the bread! In the storeContinue reading
King Arthur Organic Bread Flour Vindicated!!
A while back I was sent some King Arthur Organic Bread flour from the mainland to test. It was sent from a humid area where it had been stored for a while and I kept it stored here in a warm humid area for some time before testing it. Continue reading
This and That
I would like to let everyone know that my 16 year old son, Wyllis, is back to making the lames again. He finally got enough equipment here in Hawaii to get back to production.
The lames are even more beautiful than before, being made from a Hawaiian wood, Koa. I will be offering one of Wyllis’ lames (which I bought from him) free to one of the people making a comment on this post.
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The Southernmost Bakery in the USA
I made another trip around the southern point of the big island in Hawaii this last weekend. I made it a point to stop at the Punalu’u Bakeshop in Na’alehu. This was recommended to me by my big brother who visited the island last year before I came. He said that this bakery made the best coconut turnovers he had ever tasted.
So I bought some, and I bought some Malasadas, and some…
Bits and Pieces
I have a few bits and pieces for you today. I have had a problem with my baking stone since I moved to Hawaii. I could only find a cheapie stone which kept breaking until I ended up doing jigsaw puzzles everytime I needed to bake:
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Flour Test for Stone Buhr Bread Flour
In my previous post I said I would be testing Stone Buhr flour next as a follow up to the disappointing results from King Arthur’s Organic Bread flour. I followed the same testing recipe found in the first tests, but added an extra ounce of flour because
