Focaccia, once again. This time with a few irregular holes in the crumb!
Just a quickie post today because I have a big deadline at the end of the week, but I wanted to show you the small, slow progress I’m making on my focaccia. (Previous attempts here, and a look at what I hope to [...]

Yum. Peter Reinhart’s pain a l’ancienne

interior shot. Needs bigger holes.
Perhaps it’s the chill in the air, and the desire to hunker down at home with movies and the smell of fresh bread in the oven, but I’ve become obsessed with focaccia. In the last three days alone, I’ve attempted nine loaves, using three different recipes. [...]

focaccia from Columbia City Bakery here in Seattle
I adore the breads at Columbia City bakery–give me a loaf of their focaccia, and a bowl of bagna cauda (warm, garlicky, anchovy-scented olive oil dip) and I’d gladly eat just that for dinner. The only thing is, Columbia City bakery is a little far for us to [...]