Hobbies

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]