What's New
The Course Catalog at the Campbell Folk School is posted through next April, meaning you can register for my class January 9-15! In the past they have filled up (ten people). See below for details.
I've officially finished the first draft of my next book (which has nothing to do with bread): a memoir of the cross-country bike trip my friend and I did in 2003. So far, it's about 1200 pages long; I'm hoping to start editing and chopping it soon. It has a long way to go but so far has been a great learning experience.
I've also been reading some science journal articles about sourdough starter, with the intent of summarizing them somehow and posting the result on my website. I've found papers that say the handling of a starter is more important in determining its microbiological makeup than where it is created (i.e., it doesn't matter if you make it in Egypt or Delaware); but I have not yet found the paper with the data that actually proves this; so I will keep reading. More soon (I hope).
Upcoming Events/Classes
January 9-15, 2011
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
"The Chemistry of Bread"
(To register, go here.)
Here's the link to the page with all the cooking classes, in chronological order: CLICK HERE)
Archives
March 20, 2010 Hand Kneading for Beginners at the Asheville Bread Festival
http://www.asapconnections.org/bread2010.html
March 13, 2010 Sourdough Workshop (for beginners) at The Abundance Foundation
http://www.theabundancefoundation.org/
January 3 to 9, 2010 The Science of Bread at the John C Campbell folk School
January 23, 2010 French Baguette Workshop (for beginners) at The Abundance Foundation
http://www.theabundancefoundation.org/
December 12, 2009 Beginning Bread-Making at The Abundance Foundation
http://www.theabundancefoundation.org/
October 24, 2009 Beginning Bread-Making at The Abundance Foundation
http://www.theabundancefoundation.org/
May 16, 2009 Book giveaway on Wild Yeast Blog.
Visit the blog at http://www.wildyeastblog.com/.
Visit the giveaway's entry at http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2009/05/10/bread-science-giveaway/.
April 23, 2009 Visit Kelly's kindergarden class to talk about bakeries.
April 19, 2009 Class auctioned in Skill-Share Auction at SEEDS DIG Garden Party, Durham, NC
April 5, 2009 Beginning Bread-Making at The Abundance Foundation
http://www.theabundancefoundation.org/
March 28, 2009 Hand Kneading for Beginners at the Asheville Bread Festival
http://www.asapconnections.org/bread2009.html
February 14, 2009 Beginning Bread-Making at The Abundance Foundation
http://www.theabundancefoundation.org/
October 5-11, 2008 Beginning Artisan Bread-Making at Campbell Folk School
June 7, 2008 Pizza Baking at the "Art Grows in Durham" Garden Party at SEEDS
http://www.seedsnc.org/art.htm
March 29, 2008 Asheville Bread Festival
http://www.asapconnections.org/bread2008.htm
March 5, 2008 Radio in Vivo on WCOM, with Ernest Hood
November 15, 2008 Bread Science talk with Frank Ferrell for Sigma Xi at Duke Hospital
October, 2007 I'm excited to begin writing for The Carrboro Citizen - search their archives here
August, 2007
Peter Reinhart's new book on whole grains will be out soon. Months (years?) ago, Peter had several bakers write essays for the book, including me. My essay was about enzymes in bread. The publisher, however, cut the essays, so I have posted mine here on the "Excerpts and Errata" page. (The link is in the menu to the left, up top.) Peter told me that he refers to Bread Science in his book, which is exciting in itself. I know he worked hard trying to find whole grain recipes for his book that taste good and poof up like "normal" bread. Peter keeps a weblog and sends out recipes to an army of recipe-testers; if you're interested in all this, you can check out his weblog at http://peterreinhart.typepad.com/.
Fall 2007 YES Magazine
Weaver Street Market is profiled. They used a picture of me, Tova, and Jose in the bakery with their article. The article is posted here along with the picture.
August 26, 2007 The last Bakery Open House at Weaver Street Market!
May 2007 Camp Bread, San Francisco
March 2007 Bread Science talk at the Asheville Bread Festival