Really Slow Bread

A Boule.  Bread in the Plan Searching for uses for my new enamel-on-cast-iron dutch oven, I came across a bread recipe that requires about twenty hours of rising time. I was intrigued. The recipe calls for just a tiny bit of yeast. The dough isn’t kneaded; you just mix it up, cover it, and then […]


Really Slow Bread

A Boule.  Bread in the Plan Searching for uses for my new enamel-on-cast-iron dutch oven, I came across a bread recipe that requires about twenty hours of rising time. I was intrigued. The recipe calls for just a tiny bit of yeast. The dough isn’t kneaded; you just mix it up, cover it, and then […]


Are You Asking For It?

Skillet and Stockpot Speak up! I am not, by nature, acquisitive. So I was startled to realize that I was lusting after a new set of cookware. It just wasn’t me. But sure enough, each day I’d pull up the images of the pots and pans on the Macy’s website. I’d check the price. I’d […]


Are You Asking For It?

Skillet and Stockpot Speak up! I am not, by nature, acquisitive. So I was startled to realize that I was lusting after a new set of cookware. It just wasn’t me. But sure enough, each day I’d pull up the images of the pots and pans on the Macy’s website. I’d check the price. I’d […]


The Day My Face Fell

Wedding Favor. October, 2011. Prayer, Prednisone and Immanuel “It’s Bell’s Palsy,” the doctor said. “It’ll probably get worse over the next few weeks, then improve. Most of the time it goes away after three or four months.” He reached for his prescription pad. “Um. Our daughter’s wedding is in ten days.”  The doctor smiled at […]