I took these pics to help remind me of the different steps needed for bread baking as I plan to make it when I return home (all I have to do is to get my hands on the starter). I have never baked bread using a starter culture so this is new for me. It’s not very difficult to make, but it does require that you plan the timing for the different steps. I would think Jean Pierre’s schedule for making bread at home—beginning in the morning with the starter to putting it in the oven the following morn—to be the norm.
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This is a Missisippi Mud Cake (and below mini cakes) that Jean Pierre has been working on that will be made into a cake display for a wedding this weekend. Jean Pierre is Olivier’s brother and I have to tell you about him because he’s a Pâtissier with a capital P. He already has his own pastry shop so all he needs now is his own television cooking show. I swear he should. The last couple of evenings he’s been a gracious host cooking dinner for his five siblings and their families. Not to mention giving me tips on crêpe making and making the best bread ever (photos of that in another post).
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After New Zealand we spent a week in Sydney with family enjoying warmer weather there. Occasionally doing the touristy thing too.
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Afew more pics from our time in New Zealand. We spent a week in the north with family and then a week in the south doing touristy things.
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