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Bread Baking Babes go French

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“Take a gallon of fine flour, and a pint of good new ale barm or yeast, and put it to the flour, with the whites of six new laid eggs well beaten in a dish …” Robert May, The Accomplisht Cook, 1685 (first published 1660) This recipe is about the same age as our house (or parts of it,,,, the house, not the bread). Ilva, of Lucullian Delights, and our … Continue reading →

Julia Child’s French Bread…. The Babes celebrate a birthday

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The world, or, at least a large part of the food world, is paying homage to Julia Child today. Susan, of Wild Yeast, our host kitchen for this month, organized a fitting tribute.  She wrote: August 15 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Julia Child (one of my personal and culinary heroes!) I was planning to make and post her French bread on that day. The publication of the … Continue reading →