Pumpkin and Spice tagged 'bread'

Simple, Wholesome and Therapeutic

pumpkin@pumpkinandspice.net — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

I miss baking. I miss the feel of soft, smooth dough pressed beneath my palm, and the ache in my arm from whisking a custard. I love the mechanical whir of the floor mixer, and the satisfaction of having a recipe turn out perfectly.There's a satisfaction to the physi [...]

Windy City Pizza Fix

pumpkin@pumpkinandspice.net — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

One of my favorite foods in the world (and I know at least some of you are with me on this) is pizza! I'm pretty indiscriminate about my pizza preferences- I like froufy gourmet pizza, I like greasy pizza from dive-y pizza join [...]

Something's Fishy in the State of Utah...

pumpkin@pumpkinandspice.net — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Tonight at work we had some extra bread dough, so I was able to get a little creative and make some decorative bread. Decorative bread (or deco bread, as we call it) is just a simple dough (or extra dough) that is shaped into elaborate brai [...]

Baking After Midnight

pumpkin@pumpkinandspice.net — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

For the past three weeks, I've been on the midnight baker shift. The midnight bakers (there are three of us) come in at midnight and stay until 8a, and our primary responsiblity is to make bread. The ski resort I work at has three lodges, and each lodge [...]