By Libbie Summers Recipe by Jim Lahey from his book My Bread: The Revolutionary No-Work, No Knead Method First of all, Jim Lahey is a damn baking god. I trained in traditional french baking when I was younger with a lot of pomp and circumstance. It wasn’t until I made this no-knead bread that I Read More »
Words and recipe by Libbie Summers Photography by Chia Chong Model: Anne Chaddock Donegan Supergirl costume by Jessica Duthu I live in a neighborhood of seventeen houses and twenty- two children (the odds are against me). I’ve tested this recipe on many of my adult neighbors and they love it, but it was the children who seemed extra-excited and Read More »
by Libbie Summers Photography by Chia Chong My obsession with the dining habits of Claude Monet began in college. I feasted again and again on the few English translations available of the notebooks he kept from his home in Giverny. At a time when my cooking skills were constrained by the size of my dorm Read More »
by Libbie Summers Photography by Chia Chong I put my baguettes in the refrigerator overnight to do a cold fermentation. It’s less messy and I think the dough holds its shape better . . . and those are the only reasons why. The taste is the same. The only thing to be cautious about is Read More »
by Libbie Summers Photography by Chia Chong I think it was in fifth grade that I studied states and capitals. Each student’s final grade depended on an oral presentation about an “adopted” state. Our teacher wrote all the states on colorful pieces of paper and placed them in a goldfish bowl for us to choose. Read More »
