- an eclectic mix of recipes kitchen-tested and/or created by us - TPH and EJM
summary: there can never be enough mint growing in the garden; how to beat the heat: iced tea with mint and orange juice; iced tea recipe revised because frozen concentrate no longer available; I m SO happy that summer has arrived. And with it, we have mint galore growing in the garden. This is just a [...] Continue reading
summary: Recipe for Solskinnsboller turned into Citronboller; lemon butter instead of vanilla custard; adding wild yeast to commercial yeast; butter and sugar galore; information about Bread Baking Babes; Bread Baking Babes June 2026: Solskinnsboller (Norwegian Sun Buns) Spring has sprung! The chives have flowered; sage, thyme, and oregano managed to survive over the winter; the [...] Continue…
summary: Semi-Wild Honey Millet/Corn Bread; better late than never; definition of corn; caving in (again/still) by adding commercial yeast; information about Bread Baking Babes; Bread Baking Babes April 2026: Yeasted Honey Cornbread I have good news and not-so-good news. Here s the good news! It appears that all that massive amount of snow that fell [...] Continue reading
summary: Great sandwich bread; failure to plan ahead; I will be late (AGAIN) with April s BBB bread; information about Bread Baking Babes; Bread Baking Babes (BBB): Honey Corn (or is it millet??) Bread ingredients: whole wheat and all-purpose flours, wheat germ, wheat berries, yeast (wild and commercial), water, yoghurt, olive oil, sea salt, sesame seeds [...] Continue reading
summary: Wild-ish Lemon Rosemary Pain de Campagne based on Kathleen Weber s recipe in her book Della Fattoria Bread ; BBBabes celebrate 18(!!!) years; silences don t mean we re not eating; firm starter vs regular starter; caving in (again/still) by adding commercial yeast; information about Bread Baking Babes; Bread Baking Babes (BBB) 18th anniversary: bread inspired by Della [...] Continue…
S+ . . . What are you saying!?? looks fine to me! summary: negligence; forgetting to check after shaping; importance of timers; bread wants to be bread anyway; WP listens (sort of) to its users and re-instates (mostly) the Classic Editor; an Almost-Wordless Wednesday post Oh!!!! Now I get it! Oooops!!!! ↑ [...] Continue reading
summary: What happened to the Classic Editor and why did they remove the plugin and replace it with this stupid new Block system?? It s incredibly annoying!! In attempting to fix the nightmare created by WP with their latest update, I m being forced to remove any outdated plugins that were working JUST fine before. Why on [...] Continue reading