Baking Bread with the Pros

I just returned from Maine Grain Alliance's Kneading Conference kneadingconference.com/where avid bakers meet and attend workshops with avid professionals.

I brought one of my portable ovens for use by a group of bakers.  Over the course of the two days, nearly 100 loaves of bread were baked in the oven and I was in the company of an extraordinary group of bakers from all over the country.  The workshop leader, Stefan Senders, owner of Wide Awake Bakery in Trumansburg, NY. led us through a steeplechase of processes with calm guidance and humor.
www.wideawakebakery.com/

For anyone slightly familiar with bread baking, this conference is the difference between singing in the shower and the opera.

For anyone slightly familiar with bread baking, this conference is the difference between singing in the shower and the opera.

The range of breads mixed, risen, formed, and baked was staggering.  The conference organizers pulled off a joyful and deeply informative two days despite torrential rains, blustery wind, and steamy heat.

Many thanks.

2018 Kneading Conference

2000 year-old oven in Pompeii

I'll be at the 2018 Kneading Conference in Hinkley, Maine next week (July 26-27).  www.kneadingconference.com
It's the premier baking, grain, and wood-fired oven conference in the Northeast.
You can meet me there with attendees from across the country for two full days of learning, sharing, and (duh) baking.  There are lots of workshops covering topics from growing and milling grains, baking artisan breads, brewing beer, and using wood-fired ovens.  I will be presenting an visual talk called:

THE EVOLUTION OF WOOD-FIRED OVENS

Bread from my oven last time I presented

Kerry Altiero (who will be there) cooking in my oven
(which will be there)

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