Okay, so it seemed like a good idea at the time, but the Cookwise Project was a bit of a flop. It’s a great book, but my original concept wasn’t all that suitable to my lifestyle. I manaaged to do fairly well with the bread chapter (I love to bake bread). What did it in was the fat chapter (which …

I’ve slacked off in my baking. For some reason I’m finding it really hard to bake during the week. I never used to have trouble with it, but it’s holding no interest for me lately. I am continuing in the Cookwise project though. I’m starting both a yeast starter and a traditional starter today. The yeast starter will be used …

So the morning has gone fairly well. After starting the French style loaves I realized that I needed to get containers to hold all of the flour, wheat germ, etc. as the bags on shelves are not acceptable. During the first rise I made trips to both Wal-Mart (ugh) and Target (only slightly better) to find containers that will hold …

Today marks the first full fledged venture into Cookwise expirimentation. I’ve read through the entire bread chapter and will be baking 2-3 different bread recipes today. I’ll also be starting a starter or two for sourdough purposes. There was a time when I didn’t buy bread, rather I baked a loaf of bread every day. Those days are gone for …

I couldn’t sleep and so I’ve gotten up for my first day of serious bread bakery. The first thing I’m struck by is the amount of flour in the kitchen. Not necessarily in quantity, but rather in variety. I give Sarah a lot of credit for not complaining too loudly about the bread ingredients on the grocery list (although she …

It was Indian night at the Kerner household. We made chicken tikka masala and a cauliflower, garbanzo, potato curry. We cheated on the tikka masala using a prepared sauce, but the other curry was made from scratch. This post is really about the naan though. Naan is an Indian flatbread that is fairly easy to make at home with a …

So here is the new project that I’ve hinted about. I’m going to be cooking my way through Cookwise, Shirley Corriher’s book about the how’s and why’s of cooking. It’s a geek’s cookbook full of scientific explanations for everything you ever wanted to know about cooking. The Cookwise Project will be a chronicle of my journey through Cookwise. Each month …

I’ve updated the design of the blog in preparation for a new project I’m going to be starting after Christmas. The project will entail a cooking extravaganza and Sarah tells me that I can’t really extend beyond our normal food budget so it’s going to take awhile. You can help support the effort by buying something from the great folks …