First Harvest

In a slight mystery, the swiss chard that I whimsically planted in a small pot between two chile plants is growing by exuberant leaps, while the plants that have lots of room to spread out in the earth are peaked and piny. Is there anything better for the homecook than to walk into the kitchen bearing the fruits (and leaves) of things she's planted with her own hands?

Textures: Inside a flatbread

And some of the baked result of the levain...

(baked in the brick oven, quite successfully)

Textures: A second week in levain

Look at the strands of gluten in this buckwheat dough! Week 2 of my levain experiment, which sadly only made it to week 3 before I forgot to reserve some dough to keep it going. Never fear, I've already started a second batch...