Is there a big difference between bread flour and whole-wheat flour? I'd like to try making whole-wheat bread, but I have a feeling that the bread flour is one of the tricks to making these recipes...

believe the warning about how sticky the dough is... very difficult to deal with but oh my gosh they are SO DELICIOUS!

I love "Wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney, but A Charlie Brown Christmas is so perfect for unwinding in the kitchen... I'd love listening to it on my new RED speakers!

I almost used this same photo the other day, and then I realized that whoever's blog it was on had edited it with his face (see guy with big eyes and bald head on the left?

will you post that rosemary foccaica recipe? it looks delicsh!

My mom used to make vinegar cucumbers too, but with a hit of sugar instead of salt... they were very strong after a while, so i recommend eating them in the first few days. They're great on a salad...