Baking bread from scratch is something I thorouhly enjoy doing. Seeing your dough evolve into a real bread which tastes superb when coming out of the oven is worth it.
On this website we write both about the basic (science) of bread as well as discussing recipes. Want to start with an overview of bread making?: start with our overview post and explore the different steps in more detail by clicking through.
Scroll through the topics below to find more specific information on the basics of bread making (e.g. the bread making process, gluten development, staling of bread, science of the ingredients) as well as a wide variety of recipes (e.g. paratha, 100% whole wheat bread, french baguettes, croissants, almond paste bread, chapati, french toast).
No, it’s not the typical British breakfast, there’s no bacon, no beans, no tomate, no mushrooms, no toast. It’s more the opposite of a classical British breakfast: sweet vs. savoury, sugar vs salt. The only similarity? They both fill you up well in the morning, ready for a long day. …
Once I figured out the difference between a high and afternoon tea, I made sure to enjoy a ‘real’ afternoon tea while visiting the UK. England has a couple a great little towns through which you can go for a walk and admire all the old buildings and thinking about …
When writing my posts on baking: the history of oven, oven temperatures and on what happens during bread I got an e-mail. As you might know, I tend to follow quite a lot of blogs and websites, one of them is Modernist Cuisine. The other day I received an e-mail from …
Updated: 3-Jan-2016 Science is everywhere when you’re in the kitchen. Just think of your bread dough bubbling away and expanding while proofing. Or a beer in the works. You might not even recognize the science, so common the processes are. The processes described above both involve yeast and fermentation. The so …
Are there foods you can’t go without and will thus take with you on every holiday or trip you’re going? For Dutch people one of those common take along foods are chocolate sprinkles. Yes, chocolate sprinkles, and no, they are not meant to decorate a cake or muffin when baking …
