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For ease of reference I am listing on this page tiny pieces of information that would get lost on the blog otherwise. I am looking for a more technology-savvy way to present them. If you know of any WordPress plugin that might work, please let me know and I’ll take a look. Thanks!

Flour

  • Bread flour: what to look for 
  • Enzymatic activity
  • Protein content
  • Ash content
  • Dave Miller on milling

Levain (natural starter)

  • Where do the aromas come from? What are the health benefits? 
  • A quick recap

Commercial yeast

(contents to be added)

 Mixing

  • Friction factor and autolyse
  • How to calculate the friction factor for your mixer

Fermentation

  • Your guide to preferments (by Didier Rosada)
  • Of Bread and Herons: a rye bread story
  • Mass effect
  • Musings
  • Pondering preferments
  • More on preferments
  • How to obtain the desired dough temperature (DDT)

Bread Science

  • Ever wondered how come bread dries out?
  • No-Knead Bread

Bakers’ Talk

  • Chad Robertson’s Tartine Book No 3: a book event
  • Peter Reinhart on bread

Bread Terminology

  • BreadSpeak

Bread Fun

  • How to make 2,000 year-old bread
  • Bread in a box
  • A slot machine for baguettes: only in France!
  • Doesn’t this take the cake?
  • Bread sculpture (SFBI, 2009)
  • Baguettes win in Colebrook, New Hampshire

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My name is MC: formerly a translator,  now a serious home baker and a blogger. If you like real bread and love to meet other bakers, you are in the right place. Come on in...

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