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November 30, 2021

The Sourdoughs of Thanksgiving

My hat is off to The Perfect Loaf. Maurizio Leo’s recipes are original, consistently creative, and successful. Just prior to Thanksgiving, Leo emailed his followers...

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November 12, 2021

The Dry by Jane Harper *** (of 4)

The first of Harper’s Australian mysteries in which Detective Aaron Falk is the lead investigator, and Australia’s harsh environment plays a main character. The fictional...

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October 31, 2021

Talking to Strangers *** (of 4) by Malcolm Gladwell

Vintage Gladwell as he describes a seemingly ordinary encounter or observation from which any reasonable person would draw an obvious conclusion and then takes a...

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October 31, 2021

Lush Life by Richard Price *** (of 4)

A nearly 15-year-old period piece that still has legs because the characters are so richly drawn and so authentically New York City. The lower east...

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October 26, 2021

Bread from Bread

One technique for adding long-lasting moisture and richness to homemade bread is to recycle old bread. It was a technique apparently used regularly in Eastern...

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October 6, 2021

Five books

I knew writing a book would take a while, but what I didn’t realize was how much time it would take to flog Sourdough Culture....

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August 2, 2021

Freedom by Sebastian Junger ** (of 4)

Junger takes a walk along the railroad tracks from somewhere in eastern Pennsylvania to somewhere in the western part of the state, near Ohio. It...

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July 15, 2021

Deacon King Kong by James McBride **** (of 4)

Let’s begin with some of the main characters in The Cause Housing projects of New York City, 1969: Sportscoat, Hot Sausage, Pudgy Fingers; and on...

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July 15, 2021

One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson *** (of 4)

Kate Atkinson sets her recently retired investigator, Jackson Brodie, in the midst of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. There’s a car crash followed by a road...

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July 14, 2021