We recently hosted bakery owners Andy and Jackie King at our Baking Education Center here in Norwich, VT, where they taught a delightful class in laminated dough, the multi-layered, buttery dough used for croissants and other wonderful pastries. Prior to the Kings' appearance at the education center, we asked Andy if he'd like to write a blog on the subject. Happily, he agreed – and you'll find the result below. Our thanks to Baker's Catalogue photographer John Sherman, and Eric Laurits, for the photos. Enjoy!
I’ve had quite a few friends ask me about making masks, so am putting together what I have discovered into this one blog post for easy reference. As many of you know, Melbourne is currently …
Recently I was inspired to try making another English saddle. I don't build saddles very often... I've mentioned before that I find them intimidating, but at the same time it's something I want to do more often and want to get better at, and like so many other things I'm into, I won't get better…
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I made an Elizabethan ruff! And it turned out really well (not perfect, but really well). And I am extremely pleased with myself. And it’s really, really close to perfectly historically accurate! Making a ruff turned out to be a lot harder than I thought it would be simply because there is so much rubbish information about ruffs on the internet. (Granted, there is rubbish information in books too – Tudor Tailor doesn’t do a good job of making it clear when they are using a historically accurate method and when they use a theatre one, for example, and even Saint Janet got things wrong on occasion. So I like to read EVERYTHING and then collate all the evidence in the hopes of arriving at something at least reasonably plausible.) So I had to weed out all the advice about 1) cutting yourself a really long strip entirely on the selvedge (this immediately read wrong to me because it’s hugely wasteful of fabric, and fabric wastage is rarely historically accurate. Plus the grain will be …
Yes, another thrill-packed day in the adventurous life of a dulcimer maker.
Trying out how to make thread wax. It's a fun experiment and a great way to strengthen your thread!
An adventure into bread making attempting the Paul Hollywood bloomer bread loaf! He says its a great place to start for beginners, find out if it is!
Harrods Food Hall. London.
Bread making with Flour. Flour strain using Sieve.
This video shows you how to make my bread (or Bagels or Buns).
My father commissioned a cake for my Grandpa's 89th birthday, requesting it look like a beagle with white, black and brown coloring. My Gran...
This post focuses on how to make sourdough bread machine bread using an active sourdough starter as well as flour, water, salt, and a little yeast.
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Making sourdough bread, Sourdough,
I am so inspired by the projects in the book, Storybook Toys by Jill Hamor . I'm planning all sorts of dolls and other toys from this amaz...
First, a warning: this post is super long! But I wanted to be really complete in my experience thus far, as to possibly help anyone else starting out with their own bra making! So get comfy, grab a cup of tea, and read on... I don't remember who I saw sewing up bras first on the internet, but I rem
