LS baking academy: short-crust pastry (pâte brisée) I make this basic butter and flour dough to make patties, and trust me, it is very, very forgiving even in very, very pathetic hands.
re.baking: no-knead bread I struggled a little with the no-knead recipe printed in Jim Lahey's book. But follow this updated version on his site and you'll be good.
now open: le sauce baking academy, first class… I mentioned recently that I was going to tackle baking this year, come hell or high water. Both have come already.
baking how-to: whipped cream and temperature The goal here is to eventually stop freezing in fear at the thought of making pastry.
