Note: This is a very long post. The discussion strays far beyond what the title suggests. But it’s worth reading in its entirety, in my humble opinion. So if you don’t have 45 minutes or so to spare at the moment (or longer, if you explore all the links), then perhaps just jump ahead to…
Since this challah recipe is a bit different than what you normally might find, I figured I’d just go ahead and explain the biggest difference right up front so that you know why I made certain choices that are maybe out of the norm. I’m not typically a fan of reinventing the wheel, so when…
Well, it’s been a long time since I published a new recipe on my blog. Years, in fact. But this post really isn’t about the recipe, it’s more about the method. As I like to say, “The method makes the bread.” So the recipe is just a simple white sourdough bread with a little whole…
Well, it took me long enough, but I finally released a new book! Mastering Bulk Fermentation and Dough Structure: Open Crumb Mastery Companion. It’s a companion (obviously) to “Open Crumb Mastery.” As you probably deduced from the title, it’s focused specifically on bulk fermentation and building dough structure. Now, I know what you might be…
For a long time I have received requests to provide translations of my book, and for a long time I have avoided the issue by simply stating that I do hope to provide them one of these days. While that was absolutely true, the fact is that I really didn’t know how to go about…
Okay, I know this is long overdue. Almost comically so. But hey, better late than never, right? Right? The original edition of “Open Crumb Mastery” was published in November of 2017, and the second edition was published in July of 2019 — almost 2 years later. But I never did write a post about the…
So welcome to my new website! As many of you already know, Breadwerx has been offline for some time now. I don’t want to bore you with details, but I feel like I should at least provide you with a brief explanation of what’s been going on. Basically, my old website had suffered from neglect…