Posted on www.evilshenanigans.com - 4/3/2009
Today is my birthday!! I won't tell you how old I am ... that would just depress me. But, I will tell you what does not depress me ...
Cupcakes!
Posted at www.evilshenanigans.com on 4/1/2009
It's April Fool's Day ... but I am not fooling around when I tell you that this pound cake is about the best I have ever had.
Published on www.evilshenanigans.com - 3/23/09
A few nights ago my husband and I had the opportunity to have dinner with a very old friend. We had not seen him in a very long time and during our time apart he had gotten married to a lovely doctor who brought to the marriage her beautiful daughter. A year and a half ago they had an adorable daughter of their own. His family is beautiful. He is very lucky!
My starter, let's call him Ol' Yeasty, is a week old and I decided to make a loaf of bread to celebrate!
He has been quite active, and despite his youth and inexperience, I decided to let him have a go. We made a simple boule, Ol' Yeasty and I.
Not the best oven-spring, not the best crumb, but it was a wonderful first effort for the young fellow, and there was a decided sour note to the bread. I do like that!
Have you ever craved something, let's say a cookie, and could not find a recipe that looked like it would be any good?
When I was growing up in South Texas we had this neighbor who would, on Saturday afternoons, make her tortillas for the week. Believe me, I made friends with her children so I could make myself available for tortilla day. I think she enjoyed my enthusiasm and always had a few extra tortillas for me to take home.
For the most part, I have had a lot of luck with bread recipes. If it does not work out the way I want on the first try I begin the tweaking process. It is not always fast but I get there in the end. I say for the most part because I have had one bread nemesis. One bread that, no matter how I tried, would never work out the way I wanted.
That bread was the delicious Indian flat bread called naan.
