For a while, I was baking an obscene amount of bread as collected anxiety of these times—the newspaper headlines, the disappearing clients (and income), the grief, the uncertainty—overwhelmed me. The price of such baking anxiety was the inevitable Covid-19 five pounds (approximately), and in retrospect it’s kind of amazing I didn’t gain more (thank you,… Read More Breadder Burque Ch. XXII: Breaking the Frenzy
Right at one year ago, we stopped during one of our weekly bike rides down Central Ave. and through the road/parking lot strangely connecting New York Ave. at the El Vado hotel/etc. redevelopment to take this photo: The “eyes” and “nose” you see above were placed there, by somebody and/or some entity, to stop drivers… Read More El Vado’s Mysteriously Moving Planters
By Emily Esterson Shonah Tovah! I’ve been making bagels for a long time, first with commercial yeast, and often now with sourdough. Over many years, I’ve gotten a good feel of how they progress along the timeline of production. There’s something comforting about a tried and true recipe, one you know is filled with the… Read More Breader Burque Ch. XXI: The Baking Jew in Me
Yesterday, I was riding the wrong way uphill on the shoulder of Dennis Chaves Blvd. (NM-500), trying to stay with the orange barrels, seen above, between me and the many drivers zooming downhill. A cyclist, one of those racer/lycra types who often use Dennis Chavez for hill training and downhill thrills, cycle-zoomed past me, but… Read More The Pandemic Ate My Homework: The “Stupid” Project
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on breadder burque. It’s not because I haven’t been baking—I have, every week, sometimes twice a week. I have had some noteworthy success and a few noteworthy failures. Topics have popped into my head as potential blog posts, yet I have not put my fingers on the keyboard.… Read More Breadder Burque Ch. XX: Bread + Creative Spark = Productivity
