Hello bread friends, I spent the month resting up from a fun shoot for the einkorn book I’ve been working on. Blue Star Press assigned an amazing team with Dina Avila doing the photographs and the unstoppable Anne Parker doing the styling. Wow! What a superstar team these two are, and even doing long 12+ hour days, I had a blast. Shout out to Mike who thought the book we were working on was my last name. Adrian Einkorn. I should also thank him for keeping a constant stream of albums on my turntable and leaving my record collection … Read more

Hello bread-baking bunch, I am just back from the Asheville Bread Festival, and I’m full of delight and inspiration and new threads of knowledge to pull on. What they’re doing for their local grain economy is amazing and it feels good to get together with community and affirm all that we’re working towards. It’s a messy time in the world, and we’re all just holding hope that we can shape it into something. Here’s what’s going on in my kitchen this month: Mama Bread This month’s Mama bread is made with various flours I brought home from Asheville. I … Read more

Hello bread-baking bunch, Here’s what’s going on in my kitchen this month: Mama Bread This month’s Mama bread is made with Mt. Hood bread flour from Camas Country Mill. I’ve been enjoying this sifted bread flour quite a bit for its mild flavor and lovely rise. I’ve also been adding a bit of vibrant purple barley to these loaves and the color of the flour when it hits the water is the prettiest lavender hue that adds a bit of springtime delight and quintessential cereal flavor. Broa de Milho I learned about this bread from Jay Bost when we … Read more

Hello bread-baking bunch, Here’s what’s going on in my kitchen this month: Mama Bread This month’s Mama bread is made with Elwha Spelt from Moon Family Farms. Years ago, I spent an afternoon on this farm and the only way to describe the care and dedication they put into stewarding their land is to tell you that farmer Garrett called me over to the side of one of his many fields to show me an ant hill he’d been watching. He grew up on the farm and knows every inch of the acres and acres like it’s a genuine … Read more