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Baking bread on Quarry Tiles

There’s been a burn ban in effect for a week here at Chez Bullhog. The air hangs heavy, and in small towns out towards the mountains woodstove smoke escapes chimneys only to spread flat in the air. No outdoor fires; no firing up the oven today. It’s the perfect kind of day for second best: […]

Bialys: Little Loaves with a World of History

I’ve always liked bread that comes with a good story behind it, so when my friend Posy turned up at Chez Bullhog one rainy Saturday with a little book under her arm and a bright gleam in her eye, I perked up straight away. ‘Bialys,’ she said, excitedly poking at the book with her finger. […]

Merry Christmas from Our House to Yours

The Hogeland Christmas Bun

This holiday bread has been a tradition for Christmas breakfast in my family since I was a small boy; my children would not recognize Christmas without it. I wish you peace, hope and prosperity for the holidays and in the coming New Year.

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In the Winter Oven: Fire-roasted Potatoes and Parsnips

It’s dark by 5 p.m., and wintry but not too cold, an evening that could be medieval as easily as it is modern. Just the kind of night that’s perfect for a bright fire and a big pan of oven-roasted root veggies. All that’s needed to complete the scene are potatoes, parsnips, onions, a few […]

Crowd-pleasing Dinner Rolls

For Thanksgiving one year, my whole family rented a house at the Jersey Shore for a reunion. My job was providing dinner rolls. The nieces’ and nephews’ eyes got round when they saw me mixing flour, water and yeast. I put the sponge on top of the fridge and let it bubble, and then later […]

Curried Crab Cakes with Yogurt Aioli

At my local grocery store the other day, a group of customers surged around the fish counter. ‘I’ll take three,’ one man said. ‘Heck, at that price, I’ll take six!’ Behind the counter a huge iced stack of Dungeness Crabs was being scooped into plastic bags.

I looked into my basket at the gathered lasagna […]

Pear-filled Scones

There is a time of the year, dependent upon the summer’s weather, when pears are plentiful on our two pear trees. Fat, ripe pears, too plentiful to be used all at once. The trends of Northwest weather are squirrelly enough that we are never sure when that might happen, but it always happens nonetheless, either […]

Ginger Bread

Here’s a nice recipe for the runup to Christmas. On a cold day, it will make you feel comfy, and baking it will make your house smell wonderful. Serve it warm with whipped cream for a tasty dessert!

Ginger Bread

Ginger Bread

Makes 2 loaves

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Pizza Time Pizza with Long-rise dough

Every self-respecting Italian pizza is made from dough that was made the day before. The long rise brings out flavors in the dough that aren’t there when fresh, and allows the dough to be pulled amazingly thin. What’s changed is the gluten – the protein in the dough that allows the stretch.

To see the […]

Quick and Delicious Pan Pizza

When I was a kid, the Italian lunch ladies would sometimes serve up trays of pizza: fat slabs of rich yeasty crust slathered with oregano-spiced tomato sauce and mozzarella. When I bit into a hunk of that pizza, I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. On those days the lunch lines were long, and […]

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