Posts Tagged ‘Mark Bittman’
Flour, salt, yeast …

Homemade bread
I have been struggling with making bread off and on for the last decade. I had given up but Mark Bittman’s “no-knead” bread got me going again. After several attempts that resulted in uncooked center, I think I have found my mojo … It is no Acme but works fine accompanied by soups and in recipes like bread puddings and garlic bread.
My favorite breakfast: A slice of thick cut Acme sourdough – lightly buttered (would have mentioned a smear of clotted cream in my past) with a dollop of bitter orange marmalade and cup of Blue Bottle coffee…
An ode to Desi Chinese
Hey, who am I to complain about the wonders of tomato ketchup. Suvir Saran and Mark Bittman go against each other where Suvir makes ketchup laden Gobi Manchurian and Bittman raves about it.