We live in a major earthquake zone and try to be smart about being prepared. After seeing the impact of Hurricane Sandy back east, we took another pass on our emergency readiness at home. Under the scenario of staying at home for two weeks without power, I thought that we could bake bread in...

On to something new! Now that I’m getting confident with my sourdough, I decided to try the Tartine approach to sourdough. I followed the directions from Chad Robertson’s Tartine Bread for the basic country bread as close as possible. I started by feeding my starter the night...

The method I have been using to simulate a hearth oven with steam is to use a pizza stone in the oven and put about a cup of water in a broiler pan at the bottom of the oven. Everything is pre-heated to 500° before the dough and water go in. Another popular method is to use an inverted Dutch...