A month and counting and my homemaker apocalyptic kick is still going strong. I now have a healthy, viable sourdough starter that smells very pleasant - in a sourdough sort of way. I haven't actually made any bread from it yet, because I wanted to make absolutely certain that it was alive. I want to cut down on all possible variables when I start ( Read more... )

About two weeks ago I woke up convinced that learning how to make bread was the most important thing in the world. So far, I haven't gotten rid of this compulsion. It is a little on the difficult side, especially since I didn't grow up in a family that baked a lot. All in all, I am making steady progress and I even have a thus far successful ( Read more... )

I'm on some kind of insane domestic homemaker kick lately, where lately means it came over me all at once two weeks ago and refuses to leave me in peace. It's bizarre - I just woke up one day and decided that making my own bread was the most necessary and fulfilling activity possible. I actually kind of want to grow and grind my own wheat ( Read more... )