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How To Bake Great Bread

Flour, water, yeast, and salt.
That’s all it takes to make a loaf of bread.  But although the basic ingredients are simple, there can be a wide gap between an average loaf and something truly transcendent.
What we were looking for was a bread that you’d normally find at a boulangerie, or a local bakery that takes [...]

Mussels With French Fries

We have always tried to maintain an ideal of the Friday Night Supper, which is a meal at home that should be as simple and laid back as going out for a fish fry.
Last night, the spur of the moment decision was mussels with french fries.  With the meal lacking the sophistication of a Brasserie [...]