The Must-Have Kitchen Tool for Baking Bread — Bread Rules with Brooklyn Bread Lab

Bread is at once one of the simplest and most complicated recipes. On the one hand, there are basically four ingredients involved in making bread, be it baguette or boule: flour, water, yeast, and salt. On the other hand, the proportion of those ingredients will determine whether you get a dense brick or crusty, open-crumb perfection.

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The Kitchn’s Spring Refresh Day 7: Feng Shui Your Sink & Celebrate! — The Kitchn’s Spring Refresh

Woo-hoo for you! Today’s the last installment of The Kitchn’s seven-day Spring Refresh. Before we get to high-fives, though, you’ve still got one small assignment that will make a big difference down the line.

I’ve yet to meet a cook who loves doing the dishes as much as cooking. The reward of a clean sink just isn’t as exciting as the promise of a great meal. But doing the dishes can be an opportunity to experience a little bit of mindful time alone, if you treat your sink like a spa. It only takes a few minutes and it will make the non-cooking time you spend in the kitchen so much more enjoyable.

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