Davidovich's Pumpernickel Bagel (right) vs Dunkin' Donut's Rendition (left)

More on that bagel smack-down. The artisanal bagels beat the "artisanal" bagels, three nil.

Great little video showing how they make traditional Sardinian pane carasau, also known as carta da musica. Unfortunately, I can't seem to embed the video here.

P.s. 28 December 2017: Worse, it seems to require Flash. Image from flickr; the drop shadow was not my idea.

A few weeks ago I was asked to share some brief thoughts on Rio+20, an assignment I tried to turn down on the grounds that my thoughts on Rio were unpublishable, even in this modern era. But I was prevailed upon. "What advice would you give them? We really want you to use your voice." Who could re...

Catching up with podcasts, there was an intriguing bit in The Food Programme episode Seaweed, a forgotten food?. A baker ¹ said she regularly put seaweed in her breads, and that it added a good meaty note of umami. I remembered an old packet of dried kombu sitting in a drawer. Bingo.

Rather...