by Carolyn Bass | Dec 21, 2019 | 12 Breads of Christmas, Recipes
Growing up in California I was introduced to good sourdough bread at a very young age. My Italian father grew up in San Francisco and insisted my mother buy sourdough. We weren’t well off in my childhood and my mother shopped at a day-old bakery where she bought...
by Carolyn Bass | Dec 20, 2019 | 12 Breads of Christmas, Recipes
When we lived in Japan I loved the soft, fluffy white bread sold at neighborhood bakeries and supermarkets. Sometimes the loaves were completely square, like an old pullman loaf, while other times they were crowned with a beautiful arch. The texture was pillowy soft,...
by Carolyn Bass | Dec 19, 2019 | 12 Breads of Christmas, Recipes
It’s not Christmas until someone makes gingerbread. Gingerbread cookies, gingerbread houses, gingerbread cake. Now forget everything you know about that gingerbread, because this yummy yeasted gingerbread is not your fairytale gingerbread. Today’s bread in my 12...
by Carolyn Bass | Dec 18, 2019 | 12 Breads of Christmas, Recipes
Today’s bread is a hearty white bread stuffed with olives and enriched with shredded parmesan cheese. It tastes wonderful hot or cold, and is delicious slathered in butter, or smeared with herbed cheese. Adventurous types could even make sandwiches out of it. (Salami...
by Carolyn Bass | Dec 17, 2019 | 12 Breads of Christmas, Recipes
Everyone has seen the beautiful braided breads called challah. In Jewish culture, challah is eaten on sabbath, and for ceremonial occasions such as Passover and other Jewish holidays. Challah is soft and pulls apart like cotton candy. The shiny crust is achieved by...
