Wild Yeast

As embarrassing as it is to have nothing to contribute to my own event this week, something tells me I won’t be missed at all.

See this week’s yeast spottings…

First off, here’s the requisite fine print, so I don’t get kicked off the Daring Bakers’ books, especially after failing to do last month’s challenge:

“This month’s challenge is brought to us by Karen of Bake My Day and Zorra of 1x umruehren bitte aka Kochtopf. They have chosen Tuiles from The Chocolate Book by Angélique Schmeink and Nougatine and Chocolate Tuiles from Michel Roux.” The challenge also ordered us to pair the tuiles with “something light,” leaving the whole thing well open to creativity and interpretation.

Now I realize there may be a few questions at this point:

1. Karen and Zorra are bread bakers extraordinaire. Why didn’t they pick a bread recipe?
   • Karen and Zorra are complex women of many talents. We should all be so gifted.
2. What’s that stuff on top?
   • Crab salsa.
3. You put crab salsa on top of a cookie. What have you been smoking?
   • Actually, we had a secret savory option as well: cornets from Thomas Keller’s French Laundry Cookbook.

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Have questions about how yeast do their thing? Wonder no more. The Rooster in the kitchen of Oh The Joys utterly nails a succinct explanation of these martyred fungi.

(Thanks to Barbara of Candy Hearts and Paper Flowers for sending this my way.)

See this week’s yeast spottings…

What makes you cry?

For me it’s some of the usual suspects: onions, weddings, funerals, my son’s music, my daughter’s dancing.

As of yesterday, it’s also Presidential inaugurations. Congratulations, Mr. President. We are with you.

The judges for Well Fed Network’s 2008 Food Blog Awards have announced their finalist picks, and I’m delighted and honored that Wild Yeast is among five in the running for Best Food Blog – Theme. Thank you to Well Fed, and to Margie (CoffeeGrounded), who nominated me.

If you’d like to cast a vote for Wild Yeast or one of the other excellent theme blogs — Lunch In a Box, Karina’s Kitchen, Prudence Pennywise, and Hunter Angler Gardener Cook — the polls are open until 8PM EST on January 24.

Also, be sure to take a look at the 13 other categories, where you’ll no doubt find some of your already-favorite blogs as well as some new gems to whet your appetite.

Thank you for voting, for reading, and for making this blog so much fun to write!