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All About Pressure-Caramelized Soups

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Published: March 12, 2025 16:49

Pressure caramelization unlocks incredible flavors with just a few simple ingredients. Take our Pressure-Caramelized Carrot Soup, for example. When you combine carrots, butter, a pinch of salt, and baking soda in a pressure cooker, magic happens. The…

How to Choose the Perfect Bread or Pizza Dough Recipe for Your Needs

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Published: February 19, 2025 18:48

Whether you’re a seasoned baker or just starting your journey, deciding on the right bread or pizza dough recipe can feel overwhelming. With so many options to choose from, it’s essential to consider your skill level, available time, and goals for the…

All About Whipping Siphons

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Published: January 27, 2025 22:44

Whipping siphons have revolutionized the art of foam-making, bringing efficiency and creativity to kitchens everywhere. But siphons are useful for making so much more than whipped cream. These tools allow chefs to transform fatty or starchy…

All About Pressure Cookers

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Published: January 27, 2025 22:44

Pressure cookers are fantastic tools. They develop the characteristic flavors and textures of foods so quickly that what is conventionally a long, labor-intensive process becomes one hardly more time-consuming than a casual sauté. Risotto takes 7 minutes…

All About Bagels

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Published: September 16, 2024 19:03

While ring-shaped wheat breads have long existed in many parts of the world, the bagel has two main distinctions: it’s traditionally boiled and then baked, and it’s often associated with Jewish culture. Bagels have been around for centuries, their origins…

All About Enriched Breads

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Published: August 28, 2024 19:48

Enriched breads are a delightful evolution from the simple, humble beginnings of flour, water, salt, and yeast. By adding ingredients like fats, eggs, milk, and sugar, bakers create a wide array of breads with unique textures, flavors, and aromas. Unlike…

Troubleshooting Common Issues with Your Sourdough Starter

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Published: July 26, 2024 19:45

Sourdough starter (or what we call “levain”) is a living, breathing organism that plays a crucial role in the art of bread making. However, just like any living thing, it takes some work and commitment to take care of—and doesn’t come without its…

The Cast-Iron Combination Cooker

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Published: June 25, 2024 22:52

When it comes to making crusty loaves of bread, one of the biggest challenges home bakers have to contend with is home ovens. If you simply bake a loaf of bread in your oven, as water evaporates from the surface of the dough, it will begin to dry out and…

How Rye Works

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Published: June 25, 2024 22:48

In the world of bread, wheat flour dominates. Rye, the next most popular bread flour, doesn’t even come close. Part of the issue is that rye flour behaves differently than wheat flour, and it can be more difficult to make a lofty loaf of bread with rye.…

The Difference between American Rye and European Rye

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Published: June 25, 2024 22:40

A year or so after starting our research for Modernist Bread, we thought we knew a fair amount about rye. Much of it was based around one central theme: rye bread is dense and brick-like. It took a cross-cultural mix-up to help us see rye flour, and rye…