Maria Popova spies John Keats combining the two. > “The best of Men have… a kind of spiritual yeast in their frames which creates the ferment of existence — by which a Man is propell’d to act and strive and buffet with Circumstance.” Keats, born on this day in 1795,…
> View this post on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/CDKBUg7HlST/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] Take time for yourself. It's not just bread dough that needs to rest. 🥖 From your friends at #KingArthurBaking [https://www.instagram.com/p/CDKBUg7HlST/?utm_source=ig_embed&…
> Best yet, through baking we relive our connections with the people we’re now separated from. I make a crumble and remember my sister teaching me to rub the cold butter and flour with my fingertips. I think of my niece and nephew squabbling over whose turn it is…
> “I don’t understand why everyone is so interested in this, but I’m happy that they are,” said Seamus Blackley, who baked the ancient bread. “It gives us an opportunity to demonstrate good science.” https://t.co/J2yV3igcFf — NYT Science (@NYTScience) August 11, 2019 [https://twitter.com/NYTScience/…
> procrastibaking pp. Putting off an important or urgent task by baking. https://t.co/1M44Yj17d2 — Word Spy (@wordspy) June 27, 2018 [https://twitter.com/wordspy/status/1011989758191562755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…
> In St. Vith, Belgium, there’s a most unusual library. Unusual, that is, because the objects on its shelves need to be fed every few months. Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the globe. The Puratos Sourdough Library is the only one of its kind.…
> Italian Bakery Breaks Holiday Record With a 308-Pound Panettone — https://t.co/x4dVzWs1V1 pic.twitter.com/fAnsONN3Hz [https://t.co/fAnsONN3Hz] — Mental Floss (@mental_floss) December 20, 2017 [https://twitter.com/mental_floss/status/943539756042014720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] I still haven't tackled panettone. When I do,…
A baker and his wife proudly show off their freshly baked goods. An old inscription on the back of the painting gives the couple's name. The boy is also mentioned; he is the painter's son. Jan Steen combined several genres in a single painting. It is…