Peter Reinhart's Soft Pretzels

These pretzels definitely qualify as pretzels and forgive me the arrogance here, I think I know how a pretzel should taste. Back in Germany hardly a day passed where I would not pick up one or two pretzels from a bakery during my lunch break.

Irish Brown Soda Bread

With St. Patrick's Day coming closer I am bringing you a "wee" bit of Ireland right in your home. 

Flour's Famous Banana Bread

I am probably not the right person to judge what makes a good banana bread. Growing up in Germany it was not something we would typically eat and whenever banana bread came on my radar, I would know how to avoid it. Somehow for me bread and banana did not go very well together.  How wrong was I here!  

Jim Lahey's Revolutionary No-Knead Bread

Would I ever have imagined that such a loaf of bread will exit my oven? Probably not.  You have to try the recipe. I promise you, the outcome will be very satisfying. It will give you a lot of confidence as it gave me. Not much can go wrong, the method is almost effortless, and you will be rewarded with a beautiful artisan-style loaf of bread!