A rare picture of Colin
Though he hates me taking pictures of him, he’s a fine young man and I already miss him.
Asides
Doggies roasting in front of a fire
They hate the rain but oh so love lying in front of the fire, baking (at the end of the evening the thermostat 15’ from where they lie read 85F).
Fried up mirepoix with garlic, ground pork, ground beef, mushrooms, and parsley on bread
Made two pounds of my “soup veggies” (finely cut carrots, celery, onion 1:1:1 and a ton of parsley) and a handful of finely sliced garlic cloves, with a pound of ground pork, a pound of ground...
Brunch of French Omelet with Duxelles and Homemade Bacon
Brunch this Sunday. Slice of just baked still steaming no-knead boule, slathered with Kerrygold butter. Served with homemade bacon (dry-cured, cold smoked on applewood) and a three-egg French...
A Boule of No-knead Bread
More bread. Minor tweaks to the recipe and first rise. Very happy with the change to the crumb.
A Pelican Case of Emergency Equipment
For today’s skill test I got to carry this through TSA:1 Two-way Satellite Messenger/GPS Navigator1 Battery bank/foldout solar panel1 GPS/One-way Satellite Messenger1 GPS/Satellite Tracker1 GPS...
Flying to South Africa for Vingilótë’s Launch
Delta Sky Club - Seattle-Tacoma International Airport It’s that time again. Very quick, short run to South Africa.
Breakfast with the best French Toast
Thick-cut bacon, oven baked, French Toast made from the freshly baked challah and incorporating rum, star anise, vanilla, orange extract, sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, milk and more, topped with...
The finished Challah bread
Five strand and three strand challah.
Baking loaves of Braided Challah bread
In Why watching the Great British Bake Off is dangerous: The final step in making the ultimate French Toast: baking my own Challah. This is a three and a five strand before final proofing.