This week's bake and looking forward into February

I will bake bread this coming Friday, January 28th and the types I will bake are multigrain, golden multigrain, olive and baguettes.

I will also bake bagels--all the usual types-- on Saturday, January 29th.

If you will want either bread or bagels, let me know by noon Wednesday, January 26th. It is possible/likely there will be orders for more bagels than I can handle, so order early to optimize your odds.

The dreaded month of February will shortly be upon us. I will bake bread on Friday, February 11th and Friday February 25th. The other weeks I will be travelling to visit family.

New Year is a good time to make some changes.

I will bake bread this Friday, January 21st. As I explained in this week's email to the Bread List, I will be baking fewer types of bread per week while I work on changing some techniques.

This week I will bake multigrain and semolina boules, and pain au levain shaped as boules and baguettes. If you will want bread, send your order to me by email (ag.burnside@gmail.com) no later than noon, Wednesday January 19th.

A few other changes: In attempting to streamline the entire process, I have opted to have the labels printed by a local company. They are a generic label now, with just the bakery logo and name. If you wish to have the full ingredient information, as the labels used to show, just let me know and I will be happy to provide it.

I am interested also in encouraging people to provide their own bags. Paper bags are probably less toxic than plastic ones to the landfill, but waste is waste. Certainly many people will not find it feasible to drop off a reusable bag prior to bake day, but if it does work for you, please feel free to do so. Make certain your name is clearly written on the bag. When you come to pick up your bag, take a nickel per loaf out of the cash box.

January baking days

Linda and I send our wishes to everyone for a happy, healthy and interesting New Year.

• I will bake bagels on Saturday, Jan. 8th. Bagels are typically a Sunday event, but I will be away on a short trip to NY on Sunday, so Saturday it is.
• I will bake bread on Friday January 21st and Friday January 28th. As always, please let me know by noon of the preceding Wednesday if you will want bread. I will put out a message closer in time to the baking days to tell which types of bread I will be baking on those days.
• I will try to get another bagel baking day scheduled in January--maybe Saturday the 29th. We will see how the month goes.

Extra loaves today. I have these extra loaves today and will put them out, bagged, in the smallest basket. 1 baguette $3; 1 multigrain $4, 1 golden multigrain $5, 1 rye $3.50, 2 miche $4, and for the adventurous, I have an extra loaf of my newest experiment--a spelt/whole wheat loaf. (I didn't really expect to like this bread but find I love it.) My suggestion is to slice is very thinly, then toast the slices extra crispy...it has a wonderful nutty flavor.

This is the last baking day of the year. I send you my wishes for a bountiful and peaceful holiday season.

Anne

If you will want bread this Wednesday for the holiday, please let me know by noon today. I will not bake bread on Friday, December 31st but will post my anticipated baking schedule for January---as soon as I can figure it out. I do intend to make bagels sometime within the next few weeks.

Mixed Grain Miche

I am offering a new loaf this week, Mixed Grain Miche. Miche is a naturally fermented whole-grain loaf of the type common on country tables for centuries in many parts of Europe. The dough is fairly loose; the loaves large and somewhat flat.

This mixed grain miche contains whole rye, in addition to whole wheat. The price is $4.

Week of December 17th:

I will bake bread this week. If you will want bread, please let me know by email to ag.burnside@gmail.com by noon, Wednesday December 15th.

Week of December 24th:

I will bake bread on Wednesday, December 22nd. If you will want bread for the holiday, please let me know by email to ag.burnside@gmail.com by noon, Monday December 20th.