Ramona’s Sunshine Fruit and Honey Bread

Published on February 9, 2011December 29, 2015 by Barbara Samuel

(A recipe from How to Bake a Perfect Life. ) These are actual texts from my sister a few days ago: Feb 5, 2011 7:13 pm Making sunshine fruit and honey bread 🙂 Feb 6, 2011 12:36 pm OMG OMG OMG. That bread is soooooo good I could prolly eat the whole thing!!! Feb. 7, 2011 […]

Release day!

Published on December 21, 2010December 29, 2015 by Barbara Samuel

HOW TO BAKE A PERFECT LIFE by Barbara O’Neal Available TODAY in trade paperback from your local retailer, or these on-line venues Also available as an ebook for Kindle, and Nook and other formats. READ MORE ABOUT IT

A beautiful loaf

Published on January 22, 2010December 29, 2015 by Barbara Samuel

Jack had to have a bit of surgery this week (he’s fine, he’s fine!) and when I got home from finding out, I didn’t even take off my sweater. I gravitated to the kitchen and started pulling out flour. This is the result, a wheaty loaf, using a small amount of buckwheat in a poolish starter.

The heady alchemy of baking bread

Published on May 21, 2009December 29, 2015 by Barbara Samuel

It’s a cold winter afternoon, the kind when winter blisters past the windows, turning everything blue. Inside, I am kneading bread. Not in a bread machine but with my own palms and wrists. The dough is whole wheat, heavy and thick, and it takes muscle to punch it down, to knead and fold and press, […]

Testing recipes

Published on May 9, 2009December 29, 2015 by Barbara Samuel

D-day is Friday. I’ve been testing recipes after I’ve done my pages for the day. Honestly? It’s a great way to write a book. Today was raisin bread day. Tomorrow morning, French toast made with the fresh raisin bread. Mmmm.