For whole grain baking, I can recommend Bob's Red Mill Baking Book by John Ettinger and the Bob's Red Mill Family (Running Press, $29.95) and King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking (Countryman Press, $35).
And he could taste it when he was out in the back yard, the whole world baking like the pizza ovens at Giovanni's, only instead of pizza baking it was sage; it was the leaves from the sycamore trees along the dried-up streambed and the oil of the poison oak that was everywhere.
The King Arthur Flour book is extremely thorough and often technical, offering what amount to lessons in whole grain baking.
In a large bowl sift together whole wheat flour, baking soda and baking powder.
It has become my favorite whole-wheat-baking book, a fine demonstration of the heights that whole-grain doctrinaires were able to reach.
She has a wood-burning oven for searing fresh sardines, roasting whole fish and baking fruit for dessert.
There are some nice, young, new-season garlic bulbs on the market now, as well, which simply need baking whole or halved and just spread onto the bread.
Forget your wincingly expensive whole beans – when baking with coffee, the kick of flavour and ease of use of the instant stuff is all you need.
"The whole idea of baking until you look like hazelnut chocolate ice cream, the mahogany look, is not the goal anymore," said Mr. Rubenstein, who is known in fashion circles for his perfectly maintained bronzed looks.
In hand, I brought two-dozen red velvet piggy cupcakes that I spent the whole night before baking.
