Flaxseed flour tortillas

Tortilla making is a satisfying, all-consuming, sweaty endeavor. It isn’t meant for humid days like these, unless you want to feel your hands grow swift as you find your rhythm, rolling each and every paper-thin expanse of soft, pliable dough into something worth tasting, worth talking about.

It’s satisfying, I suppose. You start with flour, butter, [...]

Baguettes with a twist

It’s been a while since I wrote about bread on this blog. There was a vacation, failed (though promising) recipe or two, and the typical excuses of a busy life. Our staple’s just to easy to fall back on. But you knew it couldn’t last, right?

These loaves were, oddly enough, inspired by a recent trip [...]

Camping up the coast

Highway 1 unwinds slowly, precariously, across the state I once called home, inviting only the most daring (or deranged) into the rocky waters of its Northern shores. It’s been decades since I’ve been along this coast, and the first time I’m the one behind the wheel, and oh, it’s so much scarier when you’re the [...]

My first Pav

I think I finally figured out how to get James to eat some fruit.

Seriously — this is it. Those kiwis? He bought those about three weeks ago. I’m shocked — shocked — that they’re still intact (and tasty). And the strawberries? Leftovers from a cart I bought at TJ’s a whole two days ago. Why [...]

Farming the front yard

I couldn’t resist sharing this NPR report about Massachusetts bakers who are teaching their customers how to grow wheat locally, in an effort to combat the skyrocketing price of flour.
What do you think? Would you participate in a similar venture, given the chance (and the space)?