Between kneading the dough and letting it rise, making bread at home can be quite a production. But this recipe for Oatmeal Sandwich Bread from Good to the Grain, makes traditional bread baking about as simple as it gets: the ingredient list is not too complicated and the instructions are detailed, guiding you through each [...]
Until recently, buckwheat was for me A Food of Novels—Levin eats buckwheat porridge in Anna Karenina—and A Food Others Cook —buckwheat crepes are served in the French stall at the Farmer’s Market. Buckwheat belonged in another territory, and that territory was not my kitchen. It’s not that I was averse to buckwheat flour; I simply [...]
I haven’t had the chance to do much cooking this week, but I’d like to share with some thoughts about one of my favorite kitchen items: my digital scale. A digital scale is not crucial kitchen item (my mom and I lived without one for years), but it takes the guesswork out of cooking and [...]
Hello! My name is Andrea, and I’m a freelance writer living in the lovely, hilly city of San Francisco with my husband Sam.
Estate Sale Find #1: Vintage Cuisinart Food Processor
Vintage. Thrifted. These are buzzwords on fashion and design blogs, and until recently, I wasn’t really feeling it. Vintage dresses, jewelry or furniture—they just didn’t feel like me. Two Saturdays ago, though, Sam and I found ourselves in a neighborhood estate sale, and that’s where I discovered a niche in the vintage scene I connect [...]