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Baker at Large: High Altitude Cooking Reviews Continue

Okay, so I am getting reports from my bakers-at-large who are testing recipes from the two books I received on high altitude baking. Unfortunately, two of my bakers reported that the recipe for popovers was a dismal failure. I understand that you have to really avoid beating the eggs to much but will ask Susan […]

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La Paz Bakery, The Hook & Other Musings

Last night we had the privilege of joining a couple of friends for dinner at the Captain’s Anchorage. It is a haunt (no pun intended–in case you don’t know the Big Bear restaurant is a host to a ghost named George) I used to frequent most every night in my early years here in the […]

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High Altitude Baker-at-Large Comparison: Lemon Poppy Seed Loaves

I recently asked a couple of locals to test two recipe books on high altitude baking. Here is the preliminary report from one such baker-at-large…
Being a bit of a cooking geek, I was drawn to Pie in the Sky. I
loved the carefully calculated charts for varying altitudes. I loved
the descriptions of her trip […]

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