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Following are a few pictures from Baking School, Week 1

 

Everyone visiting San Francisco has to start with a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge...
... and from a distance!
proudly holding one of my baguettes... I guess you'd have to be there to feel the excitement.
My baguettes are front left
This day we did three different mixing methods to compare the results.  Left is the most common method employed in bakeries.  Middle is an "improved method" yielding nice results.  Far right is the traditional method yielding the best flavor.
Me scoring my baguettes
A technique for dusting boules
Whole-wheat boules after dusting
Taking pan bread out of the oven
The rack of our whole-wheat and rye production
My bread from Day 4 (front left)
My rye batards, two scoring methods.
We also did a nice multi-grain seeded bread, rolled either in oats or sesame seeds

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