All too often, we think about picnics as giant affairs with multiple courses. But why not make it a more basic affair as the Europeans do?
Ditch the potato salad, put away the cole slaw and say goodbye to the grill. Instead, go for simple flavors: some cheeses, salami, pepperoni, olives and good crusty bread.
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The key, of course, is the bread. Try this one:
Polish Beer Rye Bread
This recipe is for a bread machine and tweaks just slightly a bread found in The Bread Lover’s Bread Machine Cookbook, which I highly recommend.
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The return of Hopfen and Malz
Writing my previous post (Saints of the Suds #3) got me to thinking about the role of beer in our daily lives. It doing a little basic research into the history of beer consumption, there was a time in which beer held a much more prominent place in our daily lives. Today most people in our culture see beer as something recreational… something we indulge in when we knock off of work or when we are partying with friends on the weekend. How did this disconnect happen? Is it something …read more