Yes, the great social isolation event is beginning to wear on everyone. Just to keep from going crackers, I think I’ll make crackers. The idea started this AM as I  …

  American, Baked, Bread, General, Pub Food, Stolen from the Net, Vegetarian

So, we are growing a starter, and part of that is discarding a portion of the starter at each feeding. One can either toss this hard won golden leavan ,  …

  American, Baked, Bread, Quick, Side Dish, Stolen from the Net, Vegan, Vegetarian

So, it begins, Me trying to quit / cut down on smoking.. Time to move my addiction from nicotine to the evil white powder, and all it’s friends, the high  …

  Baked, Basics, Bread, Quick, Stolen from the Net

So as we race into our third week of minimal activity, our second week on restricted travel, and our first week of mandated “shelter in place”, I begin to feel  …

  Basics, Bread, Follow On, Ingredient, Vegan, Vegetarian

As the pandemic panic continues to build, I ventured out to my local megamart for some of what my mother would call “the basics” (Salt, Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Flour). At  …

  Baked, Bread, General, Ingredient

As the great pandemic pandemonium descends upon us, I find myself ordered to work from home, (I’m not sick, but people are worried I will be). As such I find  …

  Baked, Basics, Bread, Cultural-Misappropriation, European, Side Dish

A fairly labor and time intensive flatbread. Just the thing to help ward off my nicotine cravings. This is a quite flakey flatbread partly due to the almost puff pastry  …

  Bread, Cultural-Misappropriation, Indian, Vegetarian

As the new year starts, I begin the travail of kicking my nicotine addiction. As done prior, I’ll be doing a bit of baking. As such I’ll start with a  …

  Baked, Basics, Bread, Vegan, Vegetarian

A Holiday reboot from the many holiday dinners, I’ve hosted over the years.  A Bread Pudding, made with Panettone, macerated dried fruit, and soaked in Egg Nog.  Not  the lightest  …

  Bread, Dessert, ReBoot, Vegetarian

They say baking is good for the soul, we shall see.   I awoke this morning in a totally foul mood.   Perhaps the season, perhaps the passing of “THE FOOD HOLIDAY”,  …

  Baked, Basics, Bread

  And yes, every time I get close to Bakers Percentages, it looks a lot like this …   Incomprehensible,  compelling, and frustrating… Whilst Wikipedia has a most scholarly write up,  …

  Baked, Basics, Bread, ReBoot, Vegan, Vegetarian

What is with the “Reboot” thing. I am going through the Rogue Chef archives of 2005 – 20015, selecting interesting posts, updating them, applying the new formats, and adding additional  …

  Baked, Bread, Cast Iron, Follow On, General, ReBoot, Side Dish

The simplest of ingredients, can make the most wondrous of dishes.  No where is this more true than bread.   Flour, Water, Yeast, and Salt can combine into one of the  …

  Baked, Basics, Bread