Pear and Gorgonzola Soda Bread

I have a promise to make. I promise that I will learn how to photograph food. Because I have in no way stopped baking. In fact only this week I made batches and batches of snickerdoodles and lemon and poppy seed cookies. But I am a total disaster when it comes to cameras. In fact I don’t even own one and my camera phone doesn’t work. And since my dearest photographer, who just also happens to be my dearest husband-to-be, can unfortunately not be with me and my food during the week, we have to make due on the weekends. But I will be better. I will get a camera and start working on it. Also, did I mention that the photographer kept our cat and I got an adorable puppy from the shelter? Just on a side note. Our family-to-be is already growing. All this has nothing to do with this great soda-bread. Which is amazingly delicious and not photographed by me or the dog.

Paul's sourdough bread

 

Paul is our upstairs neighbor. He seems like a very nice fella. That would not exactly be special, if it wasn’t the case that he has something that I wanted for ages. My dear neighbor Paul has sourdough. Real and matured sourdough. The kind that makes all the difference to a normal all yeast bread. And after lending him kitchen equipment, Paul was nice enough to present me with a small jar of his sourdough and a recipe. And what a deal that was! Our morning sandwiches have increased from good homemade bread to you-could-not-get-a-better-loaf-in-your-bakery bread! Score! Thanks for granting me such rewarding neighbors! Great start into an exciting full of travels week!

Seasonal bread

In Germany Christmas calendars are a really popular thing. They make the 24 days waiting for Christmas easier with little presents or chocolate, its time-consuming work to make these things but a delight to open a little surprise every day. So naturally, I love it! Especially when your boyfriend gives you a coupon in one of the little packages for making you seasonal bread with cranberries, walnuts and rosemary for breakfast! So thank you boyfriend and thank you JamieOliver for the lovely recipe!
And here is a cozy playlist to accompany you seasonal bread baking!

cozier than a duck wearing a sweater from maddyc13 on 8tracks Radio.

Banana Bread

Alright, alright. Here is a little break from Christmas charoling and decorating the house with twinkly lights. Get out the bourbon and the mushy bananas you have hanging around the house, cause all you eat right now are tangerines. Just a plain non-sparkly loaf cake will do. Breath in, breath out. See, no presents or tree or decoration to worry about. Bust out a big pot of coffee and enjoy the quiet. And maybe put on the twinkly lights.

Simple Bread

 Lately I have become much into the art of making bread. Partly because of my mother, who bakes her own bread every second day or so, including grinding different kinds of flour herself (no, worries, one day I may feature her bread, but for now let’s stick to the easy kind). The other reason would be the beautiful book 52 loaves: A half-baked adventure written by William Alexander. As the title suggests, it’s a book all about bread making. Yep, that is the kind of thing I read. But I swear, it really is fascinating – stuffed with the all the secrets and history of bread making, all in one man’s quest to find the perfect bread (and finally his way back to faith). A really good read! Here is one of my attempts to bake decent bread. I guess many versions will follow.