Versions of this recipe abound, since it is the quintessential Southern yeast roll abundantly present at all occasions from church homecomings to weddings to funerals. I grew up not only with Mama's rolls but the rolls of many another Southern cook. When I was a new bride at 18, … [Read more...]
15-Grain Breakfast Bread
Adapted from the Multigrain Bread recipe in Cook's Illustrated, March-April 2006. Special thanks for the idea of flax seeds to Peter Reinhart, from Roasted Three-Seed Bread in Brother Juniper's Bread Book (1991). In 1991 Peter was still a Brother of Christ the … [Read more...]
Rosemary Foccacia
Adapted from Cook's Illustrated, May 1997. This is the bread that inspired 5-year-old Rob’s sensible question, “Why does Granny put Christmas trees on her bread?” Chris and I discovered foccacia during our first week in San Francisco in 1992 at L'Osteria del Forno (closed in … [Read more...]