Who Knew Kitchen Science Could Be So Simple?

In the beginning God created the…. Ok so I wont go that far back but I will ask you to think about what it would have been like to be in the kitchen a couple hundred years ago.  What items would have been in the ordinary pantry?  How simple would the ingredients have been back [...]

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Heartwarming traditions~ Bread

Every year I play with the idea of making Panettone for Christmas and every year slips by with a broken promise to myself.  If you are like me there’s one recipe, just one, that sits on the “gotta make” list, right at the top but never seems to make the move to “been there done [...]

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Scones and baby showers…

This past saturday I hosted a baby shower for my daughter who will be the mother of our first grandchild.  My husband and I are thrilled and the shower was such great fun, with lots of ladies and lots of chatter and of course, goodies on the table for all to enjoy. This shower was [...]

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Amish Friendship Bread

It’s been quite some time since I posted any thoughts here at Fishes and Loaves so I figured I needed to poke my head up and let you know I was still around. Actually, I’ve got some Amish Friendship Bread in the oven as I type this.  Amish Friendship Bread is great in a pinch [...]

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No-Knead Dutch Oven Bread

Here in Southern California, after temperatures in excess of 105℉, things are beginning to cool off as Fall is right around the corner. That means it’s almost time to fire up that oven, roll up my sleeves and get to work on a no-knead bread recipe I had tried a few months ago. If you [...]

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Room Service!

Some of us do some traveling now and then and a nice hotel comes with pricey room service and even more pricey restaurants.  I’ve seen folks talk about making a grilled cheese sandwich on the clothes iron in your room but how about tortellini with spinach and crème fraîche and ciabatta muffins?…. FROM SCRATCH?.. no microwave, no [...]

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Parmesan Bread Puffs

  Years ago there was a pizza restaurant in our home town.  Their pizza was deep-dish and fabulous, and the menu had a great variety of items which included Romano Bread Puffs.   I often reminisce of those bread puffs and today I had an epiphany… why not try to reproduce them at home?  So here’s some [...]

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Never Too Many Cookbooks…

Here’s a cook book that caught my attention… Why? you may ask.  Lately the no-knead method has become an obsession with me.  I’ve been combing the www for more info and recipes and ran across this book by Nancy Baggett.  The title is catchy and the recipes look awesome.  I am especially interested in the Buttermilk Bread [...]

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The 12 Hour Pizza or… Chef John’s No-Knead Pizza Dough

So I get this RSS Feed the other day from one of my favorite food blogs.  Chef John is telling me I can use a no-knead recipe to make pizza dough.  I love no-knead doughs and the thought just kept going round and round in my head, “no-knead pizza dough”…. “no-knead pizza dough”….  over and [...]

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New Fresh and Easy Stores???

photo: LA Times So, have you visited your local Fresh and Easy store yet? (CA. AZ. NV.)  I’ve had a chance and I’m not so sure it’s the kind of store I want.  Everything looks harmless enough, all packed in mostly generic wrappers and neat as a pin but I’m wondering how the UK’s Tesco (owners) is gonna [...]

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