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New Cookbooks, My Favorite "Sponge", Perfect Cloth Napkins & More + A Challenge
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Friends, hello! You know I love a gift guide, mostly because it's a fun way to share things I've been loving lately. This week, I put together a few ideas for the mother figures in your lives. Things Iβm excited about include the seasonβs latest cookbooks, a sponge I can't imagine living without, a perfect white tee shirt, cloth napkins that launder beautifully, and meal kits that make prepping dinner fun π. As always, I love hearing your ideas, too, so please share in the comments.
Sourdough Starter Challenge 2.0As noted last week, I recently revisited and updated my Sourdough Starter from Scratch email challenge, and it is now live. Just like last year, if you sign up, you'll receive one email a day for 7 days, and I'll hold a few Zoom office hours after the challenge ends. Note: This will be a zero-waste exercise! By the end of the 7 days, you will have a vat of discard, and I will send you specific recipes that will help you put every gram of that discard to excellent use. Sound fun? If you join, by this time next week, you'll have a happy, bubbly starter you can put to work right away. Click the button below to join the challenge.
Review of the Week
ββοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈβ βLemon-Blueberry Muffinsβ "Soft, moist, and brimming with blueberries with fresh and aromatic lemon notes. Yes, the sugar dusting, (I used organic crystals for their color and texture), is definitely a big plus. I also used jumbo tulip muffin liners to keep things neat. Wish I could include a picture." β Greg 7 Recipes to Make Right NowβHomemade Brioche Bunsβ
βChickpea and Tomato Saladβ βRaw Summer Squash Salad β βThin and Crispy Chicken Cutletsβ
βPasta Carbonara with Leeks & Lemonβ
βSourdough Discard Wafflesβ
βButtermilk Blueberry Breakfast Cakeβ
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Hi. I'm Ali.
Bread enthusiast. Vegetable lover. Omnivore. If the kitchen is your happy place, you're in good company. Let's hang.
Good morning, Friends. Last night, my parents came up to celebrate my almost-13-year-old's birthday. I kept the menu very simple: roasted cod, bread, and broiled broccoli, a not-new discovery but one I've been making on repeat since discovering my children love it. Last night, it was similarly well received, and of the three pounds I cooked, not a single spear remained. Here's how you make it: Toss chopped broccoli with olive oil and season with salt on a sheet pan. (For 1.5 lbs. of broccoli,...
Friends, good morning! As noted last week, I have been working on a cornbread recipe. A while ago, one of you sent me the New York Times Rich and Buttery Corn Muffin recipe, which I made and loved, but which needed a little tweaking for the bread format. I wanted more corn flavor, and I wanted the bread to be a little less rich, so I experimented with replacing the sour cream with buttermilk, reducing the melted butter and sugar, and using less flour. In the end, we all loved the sour cream...
Friends, hello from Skaneateles, where I am with my daughter for hockey... yes, hockey in May, it's a thing! This week, I communicated with many of you who joined the Sourdough Starter from Scratch Challenge. Some of you have had smashing success β starters jumping off your counterops! β and some of you are still plugging along, but your fledgling starters are showing promising signs. If you did not join the challenge and would like to, know that it is a resource available for you at any...