Hobbies

• February 20, 2021

  Jim Lahey’s No Knead Bread ala Cambron

  Baking bread was more or less an accident. My father bakes bread, my friends bake bread, and for the last few years I’ve been trying to eat low carb. Somehow […]

• February 7, 2021

  Rye Bread (Roggenmischbrot 2:1)

  One of things that I miss the most about living in Germany is the incredible variety of breads that just aren’t available in the United States. During Covid-19, I’ve been […]

• March 27, 2020

  Quick and Easy Hot Tomatillo Salsa

  My attempt at making a tomatillo salsa with easily acquirable ingredients that is a consistent favorite! Ingredients 16 Tomatillos – remove skins and rinse5 Cloves Garlic1 Jalapeño5-6 dried red chilies […]

• January 20, 2020

  Creative Commons Certificate – Unit 1

  This week I’m beginning licensing through the Creative Commons and I wanted to use this blog post to collect my thoughts and ideas from the process. Course Design and Apps […]

• December 24, 2019

  Rezept: Springerle (Anise Cookies)

  Probably the most fascinating from a chemistry standpoint, Springerle come from the Swabian tradition of alkalized baking. Here I believe that our family recipe is actually MORE accurate than Dr. […]

• December 24, 2019

  Rezept: Spritzgebäck

  Third up and most popular around Christmas at our house are Spritzgebäck…. although they have always just been called “s-cookies” in our family. American Recipe German Recipe (courtesy of Dr. […]

• December 24, 2019

  REZEPT: Pfeffernüsse

  The next recipe recipe I want to look at is for Pfeffernüsse… This is a case where our recipe has drifted very far from the German interpretation, but they still […]

• December 23, 2019

  Rezept: Zimtsterne

  Of particular interest to me, is the way in which immigrant foods, like Christmas cookies have changed to adapt to American tastes/American kitchens. Having spent considerable time baking heirloom family […]