In fig season we can’t get enough – juicy ripe figs stuffed with cheese, wrapped in prosciutto, roasted with honey or eaten whole in one bite if they are small enough, just delicious. These Fig, Goat Cheese Rosemary Ficelles take advantage of fresh figs and their affinity for tart goat cheese. We serve the bread as an appetizer course. It’s also a great accompaniment to salad for a simple meal. This firm dough holds its

Salty, crispy crunchy flatbread like this green olive focaccia with rosemary and garlic calls to me when I want a savory snack or unusual sandwich bread. For months I’ve imagined how this Olive Rosemary Focaccia would taste. My palate craved crunchy and chewy dough squares topped with briny olives. I made this recipe to use up a jar of briny olives and some excess sourdough starter. (You can make it without the starter, but your

For anyone that loves crunchy foods, these Sourdough Parchment Crackers are for you. Sturdy yet paper thin, they deliver the kind of snap I cannot resist.  I call them parchment because you can see right through them. Delicate yet crisp, I defy you to eat just one. Jump to Recipe With everyone exploring sourdough bread making, there is a good deal of starter to discard. (For the uninitiated, when you make starter to leaven your

Anyone who gives life to sourdough starter knows that it is a hungry pet. You feed the flour and water mixture with more flour and water twice a day, just like the family dog. You end up with a bubbling vat of starter capable of making a billowy loaf of bread.  And a lifetime commitment to keep the thing alive. Sourdough Crackers help use up some of the excess starter.  And they are addictingly good. 

Weekend bakers look for projects that make them shine.  And taste delicious. These Lemon Glazed Cinnamon Raisin Buns fit the bill. So much so that Charlie ate two of them in one day, a record for someone who finds an English muffin a little sweet. Inspiration for this recipe came a friend, a novice baker looking to make cinnamon rolls.  Searching for a reliable dough for her to make, I realized that the one I