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ondon, England. Second World War. A tired housewife just finished her double shift in an arms factory, and she’s craving something sweet, something to help her not to think about bombardment and her husband on the battlefield far away…
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How to Make Danish Pastry Pinwheels
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id you know that in 2015 (according to the UN’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network SDSN) the citizens of Denmark were the happiest people in the world? Some would reasonably guess that Danish pastry is one of the reasons for all that happiness, since it originated in Denmark, would they? Well, although it sounds unlikely, they would be wrong! So, why in God’s name is it called Danish at all?
Milk Bread
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o you like clouds? I do – but not those ugly, dark, rainy clouds, no! My favorites are the fluffy ones; white, cotton-like, soft and silky like…like the milk bread!
Kaiser Rolls
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aiser rolls, also called Vienna rolls or hard rolls, are crusty, round yeast raised rolls that originated in Austria. The word ‘kaiser’ means emperor in German, and there is a belief that they got the name after Emperor (Kaiser) Franz Joseph I of Austria who lived at the turn of 19th and 20th century.
Let Them Eat Brioche!
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o, I’m not wrong! Yes, I know that the usual phrase is “Let them eat cake”, but the original French phrase is “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche”, meaning – you guessed it – “Let Them Eat Brioche”.
Whole Wheat Bread
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heat is a member of the grass family that produces a dry, one-seeded fruit commonly called a kernel. Its point of origin is in the Tigris and Euphrates river valley, near what is now Iraq. More than 17,000 years ago, humans gathered the seeds of plants and ate them. After rubbing off the husks, early people simply chewed the kernels raw, parched or simmered. Today, instead of chewing kernels, we enjoy the whole what bread!
Doughnuts
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here is no better comfort food than warm, freshly fried, sugar coated doughnut filled with homemade jam! Yummy! Every Saturday morning I carry out the same litlle ritual – I sit down at my local boulangerie, order a couple of doughnuts and coffee and immerse myself in morning paper! And life is beautiful!
Laminated Dough – a Stairway to Heaven
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ayer upon layer upon layer upon layer…few ingredients, a ton of elbow grease, and buckets of sweat, but the result is worth it! And then some. Laminated dough is not great, it is – the best!
How to Become the Boss of Yeast Dough
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f you somehow haven’t noticed yet, I really love bread! I love making bread, and I sure do love eating all kinds of bread (not just baguette). I simply enjoy browsing through enormous shelves filled with all kinds of flour and picking the right one for my next recipe, or just trying out a new one to judge how it will turn out in one of the well-known recipes.
Focaccia
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ocaccia [foˈkattʃa] is Italian flatbread, often topped with coarse salt, olives or cherry tomatoes. Its origin goes back to the ancient Romans who were baking flatbread “panis focacius” on the hearth.