Author: Andrew

Sourdough Starter Pizza: 09-06-2024

The mission to figure out how to use sourdough starter discard as pizza dough. Day 1 I had week-old, unfed sourdough starter, so I had to make a levain from that first. So I mixed: Amount Unit Item 200 grams Starter 100 grams Water 100 grams AP flour This...

The Great 2024 Road Trip

Prologue – Genesis It all started with a text from my cousin Kate that she was on a road trip heading south from New England, down through Georgia and the south, and would be passing through Texas. We had made preliminary plans that she’d probably swing by Austin but...

Laurel’s (Donna’s) Pizza

Laurel’s Amazing Pizza! Ingredient Amount Warm Water 1 Cup Package Yeast 1 pkg Sugar 1 TBSP Salt 1.5 tsp Oil 2 TBSP Flour 3 Cups Ingredient List...

Classical Backup

Backup of my classical links since my old site is broken....

Nevora’s Beef Burgandy

Four kinds of booze and a trip to braise in the oven makes this a dark, rich, and super flavorful stew. Pair with sourdough bread to mop up the last bits of the gravy....

Sourdough Bread – Pain de Campagne

Modified from the recipe in Ken Forkish’s book “Flour Water Salt Yeast“. The part I disliked most about the original recipe was how much starter I was throwing away, and that it used commercial yeast. If I’m going to bother with starters and levains, I don’t want to use...

Dream – 2021-09-09

In firefight. 2 person team with “Leader” who has on ghillie suit with sniper rifle. Underground complex Under a lake Setting up ambush for enemy in tunnels No good cover where I am Move to new spot higher Hear charges go off Think we got em See shadows of...

Quick Writing Thought

Digging for Creativity Digging through the remnants of a fire thought long dead, only to find a single ember still glowing underneath a mountain of ash....

Sweet Vidalia Onion Chicken Thighs

This is a super easy recipe that tastes great! Ingredients 4 Chicken Thighs, with excess fat trimmed off 1 Large Vidalia Onion Salt Pepper Thyme Orange Juice Deli Mustard Flour + Water Slurry (for optional gravy thickening) Chicken broth / bullion (maybe need it for sauce) Steps Trim the...