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Category Archives: 2019
Real Alaska Sourdough with a James Beard Nominee
Carlye Watt, Head Baker, Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop, Anchorage, Alaska BreadLines, the journal of the Bread Bakers Guild of America just published (Summer 2018) my article about Carlyle Watt, head baker at Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop. You may also know Carlyle … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Food journeys, Wheatavore
Tagged Alaska wheat, beet, Carlyle Watt, sourdough, VanderWeele
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Bread for Bambinos from A Greek mother
Zoi Maroudas says that her Calugine bread tastes especially good dipped in the oil from the Maroudas olive orchard on the island of Zante (Zakynthos). I have to agree. There’s a hint of a Greek Taverna with a view … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Alaska Travels, Food journeys, Greece, Wheatavore
Tagged Alaska, Anchorage, baby food, Bambino's, Calugine bread, olives, Peanut Mani, wheat
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Secrets of Fire Island Foccacia and Sourdough — a Baking Class
Carlyle Watt, chief baker at Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop, with a batch of sourdough ready to make into loaves. Fire Island classes serve three purposes — students learn the secrets of baking delicious things; they go home with plenty of … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Wheatavore
Tagged baking class, bread, Carlyle Watt, Chad Robertson, Fire Island, foccacia, sourdough
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Who invented bread? The Australian contribution
Bread from Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop, Anchorage [TWC] “Aboriginals’ foods , , , the land is our mother . . .” my attention was wandering from the guide’s talk about how indigenous peoples used the native Australian plants. His … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Food journeys, Wheatavore
Tagged Aboriginals, Australia, bread, Captain Cook, Damper, first bread made?, seed cakes
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Gingerbread Tales
Photo, KinderKids. “Run, run, as fast as you can/ You can’t catch me, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Food journeys, Wheatavore
Tagged Gingerbread, Greek, medicinal, offering to gods, recipe, Roman
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The world’s oldest bread (so far) in Jordan
Stands of wild einkorn wheat ( T. boeoticum ) in the Karacadag mountain range. Picture taken by H. O ̈ zkan in early July 2004 Someone burned the toast, apparently, and that’s part of the reason that researchers found bits … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Food journeys, Wheatavore
Tagged bread, einkorn, Gobekli Tepe, Paleo diet, religion, Shubayqa 1 site
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Wheat in space
I got to wondering about whether anyone had tried to grow wheat in space. People who are raised with wheat are often so attached to it that they will try to grow it even under the worst of conditions. And … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Food journeys, Wheatavore
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From Kangaroo grass to wheat: Europe arrives in Australia
Wild emu at the edge of the New South Wales Outback (TWC). Gifts of bread Aboriginal stories credit Captain James Cook with bringing bread to Australia. The stories tell … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Food journeys, Wheatavore
Tagged Aboriginal, Australia, bread, Captain Cook, Damper, wheat
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Saint Roch of France, and the dog that brought his bread
Image of Saint Roch, with the dog bringing bread August 16 is the feast day of St. Roch (also known as St. Rocco, or St. Rollox), a patron saint of dogs. He was born into French nobility in 1295, but orphaned … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Food journeys, Wheatavore
Tagged bread, Catholic, dog, St. guinefort, St. Roch
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Nursery Rhyme Pies with surprises inside
Illustration by William Wallace Denslow. Little Jack Horner Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating his Christmas pie He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum And said, “What a good boy am I!” It’s a familiar … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Food journeys, Wheatavore
Tagged crusts, England, Nursery rhymes, pie
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