Category Archives: Tools and Equipment

Official Errata from Jeffrey Hamelman

Posted on May 9, 2010 by Paul

Just a fast note for anyone who bakes from the wonderful book “Bread:  A Baker’s Book of Techniques and Recipes“ by Jeffrey Hamelman: Mr Hamelman has very kindly sent me a copy of his most up to date Errata for … Continue reading →

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How big is a cup?

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Paul

How much does a cup of flour weigh? Here’s a question that seems to pop up on a fairly regular basis in the bread forums. Someone sees a recipe that requires 3.5 cups of flour, or one that looks for … Continue reading →

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Stinky Oven: An (Happy) Update

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Paul

  A little later… UPDATE to the “New Stove” post of a few days back: Well, I decided to give the oven a good bake, so I put the bird in the basement in a closed room with a window … Continue reading →

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New stove’s here! More bread imminent!

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Paul

Hooray and yippeee! My god, what a load of buttons! Pre-heat, RAPID Preheat, Bake, CONTROL Bake, Convection, Broil… and a whole bunch more for the cook top, as well as other things there’s not buttons for (“Accutemp”, etc.), Steam Cleaning, … Continue reading →

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New oven on order… YIPPEEEE!!! More bread soon!

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Paul

Still no bread baking this week. However, we stumbled on a little extra tax-rebate cash and decided to finally upgrade the current “Burn-O-Matic” piece of poop GE oven we are putting up with. Went oven shopping and after much confusing sales pitches … Continue reading →

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