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July 13, 2016

What we Talk about when we Talk about Anne Frank *** (of 4) by Nathan Englander

Eight short stories. All of them sad. Englander pitches his stories to test the limits of love in binding marriages, ageless friendships, families, and neighbors. Two...

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July 13, 2016

Bread Diversity

Sourdough Raisin-Walnut Bread Here’s a slice of raisin – walnut bread. I used golden and Thompson raisins that had plumped overnight in water and nearly...

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June 23, 2016

Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson **** (of 4)

In so many ways Tree of Smoke is easier to describe for what it really is not. The setting is Vietnam, and to a lesser...

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June 23, 2016

Rustic Rye and Pie

No special reason to include this bread except it was so good looking and was made with rye and spelt flour and was still warm and...

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June 1, 2016

Sourdough Weekend

My longtime friend, Jen, has gone big-time into fermentation. She’s making ginger beer. I gave her a Kombucha scoby that she is turning into super-fizzy...

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May 29, 2016

The Immortal Irishman by Timothy Egan **** (of 5)

The immortal Irishman is Robert Meagher, surely the most famous and interesting person I’ve never heard of. Meagher (pronounced Mar) was an incomparably gifted nineteenth...

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May 29, 2016

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith *** (of 5)

Let’s first state the not-so-obvious: Robert Galbraith is the pseudonym used by J.K. Rowling of Harry Potter fame for her mystery series featuring detective Cormoran...

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May 16, 2016

Muffin and Rye

This is my standard house gift when I’m invited for a meal and ask if I can bring a bread. This one is sourdough rye....

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May 11, 2016

Don’t Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman ** (of 4)

Buck Schatz, an 87-year-old former tough guy cop from Memphis has never dropped his crusty exterior nor belligerent attitude toward bad guys even though he’s...

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May 1, 2016

The Incarnations by Susan Barker *** (of 4)

China, despite its rocket launch into modernity, is still a country of five thousand years of history. As Americans, a people that at best can only recall...

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