3 3/4 cups (about 17 ounces) all-purpose flour or a mix of all-purpose and bread flour Instructions: For biga (the starter), mix 1/4 cup lukewarm water and 1/4 teaspoon yeast. Let stand until yeast ...

I look at my chunk of bread. Just think, Napoleon ate this. Could have. Really. This bread. That’s how long it’s been going. Back in 1815, Battle of Waterloo and all that, this exact same family of ...

To prepare the baguette with sourdough, start the day before by kneading the biga: dissolve 5 g of yeast in the water (1) and arrange the flour in a mound, then gradually pour the water with the yeast ...

I've been working on this Italian ciabatta for a couple of weeks, writing about the process as I go. I'm not sure where it will all end up, but it has been fun. This bread is made with a biga, or a ...

Dear Pat: Try as I may, I cannot come close to the recipe of cornbread served at Auden's Kitchen. I wondered if you might ask them for the real recipe before my trials and errors make my family never ...