Archive for January, 2008
Making a Levain
Well, I have officially started making a levain, or a starter for some bread that I am going to make in, um, it looks like somewhere between two and nine days from now, depending of how funky my stuff gets. I recently got the book Local Breads (subtitle, “Sourdough and Whole Grain Recipes from Europe’s [...]
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Tags: bread, cookbooks, levain, local breads, sourdough
The Blog Voice
Is there a generic “blog voice?”
When I sit down to blog, my voice is noticably different than my regular writing voice. It has an omniscient narrator quality to it. Not quite like a diary, but different than, say, my creative nonfiction voice. I think I often hear this voice when I read others’ blogs as [...]
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Tags: blogging, food writing, voice
Cuisine of India
I took a class tonight on Indian food, which brought to mind my failed attempts at paneer last year. It was grim; the first batch didn’t make curds (turns out Organic Valley milk is ultra-pasteurized) and the second batch set up curd but I accidentially dumped half of it in the sink. Then, when I [...]
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Tags: food writing, paneer
