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Saturday, June 23, 2007 Somewhere in her blog, Rose recommended the Steam Maker , and I mentioned to Jim that I wanted to get one someday wh...

Thursday, June 21, 2007 Yesterday I opened the food section of the NYTimes and found this recipe. What luck! This year, I, along with my f...

Sunday, June 17, 2007 It being Father's Day, and Jim being very fond of both scones and blueberries, it seemed like a good idea to bake ...

Saturday, June 9, 2007 According to Carol Field, author of The Italian Baker , this rustic bread from Terni, a city in southern Umbria, ...

Sunday, June 3, 2007 My wonderful sister-in-law, Betty, gave me a gift certificate to Williams-Sonoma for Christmas. It took me five months...

Sunday, June 3, 2007 On Friday, we returned from a 10-day jaunt to Vancouver, and then to points north: Juneau, Skagway, the Hubbard Glacie...

Sunday, May 20, 2007 When I first saw pictures of this bread in The Bread-Baker's Apprentice , I knew I had to try it. The beautiful S-...

Monday, May 14, 2007 After I finished yesterday's post about the sourdough bread, Jim said, rather mournfully, "but you didn't ...

May 13, 2007 After all the complaining I did about my slow-starting starter, I feel very proud to announce that what it lacked in speed, it ...

Monday, May 7, 2007 I promised some before and after pictures of the kitchen, and then I'm done talking about the kitchen and back to ba...

Saturday, May 5, 2007 We had an open house this morning, inviting neighbors to see our new kitchen and to have coffee and doughnuts. This i...