By Nick • February 17, 2010
As some of you may know, I try to make a loaf of bread once a week. For the last year or so I’ve been making no knead bread as my go-to loaf. Betsy and I use this for sandwiches or toast throughout the week or just to snack on. Even though I completely love [...]
Posted in appetizers, baking, Easy Stuff, good food, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged appetizers, baking, bread, breads, cheese, cheese bread, food and drink, no knead bread, olive oil, pecorino, pecorino cheese, proofing
By Nick • January 13, 2010
I’ve had some pretty intense posts over the last few days (Review of Eating Animals and a post with excellent comments On Food Labels). So I thought I’d post something a bit more lighthearted today and revisit something that I used to do more frequently on Macheesmo, which is search for the perfect grilled cheese [...]
Posted in Grilled Cheese Trials | Tagged garlic, grilled cheese, mozzarella, no knead bread, olives, roasted garlic, sun-dried tomato
By Nick • December 9, 2009
Last week Betsy and I went out for her birthday dinner to Cashion’s Eat Place. The place is kind of an institution in DC and is consistently ranked very highly on the best DC restaurants. Betsy and I rarely go out to eat actually so it was a nice treat.
There was a lot of great [...]
Posted in appetizers, baking, Easy Stuff, Economical, TIWSIMRIIHAR | Tagged how to make rolls, no knead bread, rolls, rustic rolls
By Nick • October 14, 2009
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again that No Knead Bread has been my biggest cooking revolution in the last two years or so. I make a loaf a week and thanks to Jim Lahey’s new book, “My Bread“, I have a bunch of variations to try out now. (ex. Olive Bread)
I was [...]
Posted in Interviews, musings | Tagged Interviews, Jim Lahey, no knead bread
By Nick • October 7, 2009
I’ve been baking no knead bread every week or so for over a year now and I’m getting pretty decent at it. It’s really simple to learn and once you’ve made a few dozen loafs you start to pick up on subtle differences that make one loaf slightly better than the other.
Pretty much all of [...]
Posted in baking, Economical, good food, TIWSIMRIIHAR | Tagged baking, bread, bread makers, breads, cooking, food and drink, kalamata olives, kneading, kneading bread, loaf, no knead bread, olive bread, olive bread recipe, olives, proofing
By Nick • September 26, 2009
Every other weekend, I review a cookbook in an attempt to lend some guidance in a field that has become overrun. These days everyone is writing cookbooks and it’s incredibly upsetting to buy a dud and have it sit on your shelf for years – staring at you, mocking your poor judgment.
I would say if [...]
Posted in book reviews | Tagged book reviews, no knead bread
