by Benjamin Lester | Sep 26, 2019 | Baking, Blog, Bread, Cooking, Lunch, Uncategorized
Known as gua bao in it’s home country these delectable Chinese steamed buns are often filled with braised pork belly and accouterments like thinly sliced vegetable, pickled mustard greens and chopped peanuts. These soft and springy buns were popularized in america...
by Benjamin Lester | Sep 6, 2019 | Baking, Blog, Bread, Uncategorized
The Rise of Yeast and an Attempt to Reclaim Ancient Egyptian Yeast This time of year seems to bring new developments in the world of grains and bread. :Last year we learned of the discovery of 14,400 year old bread which is an incredibly important and illuminating...
by Benjamin Lester | Sep 6, 2019 | Baking, Blog, Bread, Cooking, Dinner, Lunch, Recipes, Uncategorized
Burritos and Quesadillas are another way an entire section of a cuisine has been organized around flatbreads. They are so versatile, delicious and practical there is no way not to enjoy them! Stuffed with beans cheese, vegetables and meat or flattened out for extra...
by Benjamin Lester | Apr 27, 2019 | Baking, Blog, Bread, Uncategorized
If you mix flour and water and leave it to sit for several days it will grow a community of micro-organisms and become sour from the lactobacillus present in the air, water and flour multiplying. If you take a spoonful of the fermented dough and feed it some more...
by Benjamin Lester | Dec 15, 2018 | Baking, Blog, Bread, Recipes, Uncategorized
by Benjamin Lester | Nov 3, 2018 | Baking, Blog, CSA Info, Grain CSA, Grain Grower Spotlight, News, Uncategorized
Happy Wetness Everyone! I’ve been out in the corn fields in Hadley taking photos for the book and the Gazette ran a story last week about the forthcoming book. If you have a copy of this please send me a photo of it as I have not been able to get my hands on a...
