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Breads & Rolls, Grains & Legumes, Vegetarian

Tomato White Bean Bake with Rosemary Biscuits

January 12, 2025 No Comments

Every January I attempt to clean up my act. I feel the need to simplify my diet focusing less on cheese and more on, you know, vegetables and stuff. This is never an attempt to lose weight, it’s more an attempt to make chiller meals and generally feel more nutritionally balanced. Well, clearly 2025 didn’t work out that way because my first recipe of the year is decked out in biscuits. I don’t know how to explain this. I’m not sure I want to explain this. Comfort food just feels right at the moment. This year started with a snarl so I responded with this Tomato White Bean Bake with Rosemary Biscuits. Sometimes you just have to be soft when the world feels hard and there’s nothing softer than a fluffy biscuit.

Breads & Rolls, Brunch

Buttery Croissant Loaf with Goat Cheese and Fruit

December 29, 2023 No Comments

Buttery Croissant Loaf with Goat Cheese and Fresh Fruit

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Today’s Buttery Croissant Loaf is a study in compromise. Don’t worry, the taste is in no way detracted from or altered because the dough is not the problem. I can make croissant dough without many tears or frustrations. But forming a croissant into that perfect croissant shape? Well, let’s just say that’s a work in progress. This loaf sidesteps the shaping issue and delivers all the flaky, butteriness of the classic croissant in a sliceable and toastable format. And if you’re hosting a New Year’s brunch, you really can’t ask for a better centerpiece. So let’s dive right in!

Breads & Rolls, Pizzas & Flatbreads, Pork

Rosemary Focaccia with Mortadella and Pistachio Labneh

June 25, 2023 No Comments

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I’ve always been a fan of thick-crust pizza probably because I’ve always been a fan of bread. Well, really carbs in general. In my neck of the woods, most restaurant pizza is Neopolitan style, which is great – I have no complaints. But it’s not the only kind of pizza I want to see in the world. I adore New York style, and I can get down with Detroit, but my true love is Sicilian-style pizza or Sfincione. Today’s Rosemary Focaccia with Mortadella and Pistachio Labneh features a pillowy Scilian-style pizza crust topped with rosettes of shaved mortadella, dollops of earthy and tangy pistachio labneh, and torn fresh mozzarella. This pizza is by no means a traditional sfincione but my goodness, is it delicious. So let’s make it!

Breads & Rolls, Sides, Snacks, Starters

Orange Feta Focaccia

March 2, 2023 1 Comment

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Focaccia was the first bread I ever made. And there is a very good reason for this – it’s dead simple. I mean, of course, you can make focaccia complicated. You can obsess over minute details and tirelessly perfect the process, like a sushi chef trainee making batch after batch of rice. But in my perfectly imperfect daily life, quick and dirty but delicious focaccia is all I’m after. So that’s exactly what today’s recipe is. A chill approachable rendition of an almost universally loved bread. And if you’re new to the world of yeasted doughs, this is the perfect place to start. This Orange Feta Focaccia is a confidence-building recipe.