I’m no stranger to focaccia bread. Specifically, foccacia bread with onion and rosemary that was so good I even recommended making it to impress a date (and I promise you won’t wind up with onion breath).…
In life and in cooking, there is a saying: you win some you lose some. After I made this easy baked eggplant Parmesan I realized that there was actually no Parmesan to speak of in the recipe. In fact, the dish is often misconstrued to be from Parma, a city in Northern Italy, when it’s really a dish with Southern Italy roots. I’ve never been to Italy, but I imagine that the origins of a lot of food we often consider Italian…
As much as I like living in the United States, I can’t help but sometimes be jealous of other countries. Sure, we have democracy, baseball and Mount Rushmore, but think of the amazing contributions that other nations have brought to American culture. And yes, this is about the Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge so bear with me. France sent us French fries and French toast, Belgium sent us Belgian waffles and the UK shares a namesake with English muffins. And the…
Peter Reinhart and I have a very different idea of what it means to celebrate. Now, keep in mind that I’ve never even met Peter Reinhart, let alone celebrated with him, but I’m basing my statement on substantiated evidence. In The Bread Baker’s Apprentice, Reinhart has a recipe for Cranberry Walnut Celebration Bread.…