May 04 2008
First Walk Through
Last night I took my first in depth look at The Bread Bible. I have to say that I am more excited than ever to delve into this book! It seems, however, that my kitchen is a little barren when it comes to baking supplies. This is funny since I love to cook and thought I had every gadget I would need to move into baking.
The first real big purchase that I am going to make after reviewing The Bread Bible is a digital scale. I have been told before that baking is really all about weight and not volume, and I have never really taken it to heart. Though, after reading a few recipes I can see what they mean! Everything is broken out by weight! This purchase is not going to be an easy one. I wasn’t looking into spending hundreds of dollars to get this project off the ground, but it might just be necessary.
The digital scale needs to have a 0.1 gram resolution to be useful in the baking world. This increases the price of the scale tremendously. The one that I recommend is the Escali L600 Scale
The next major investment that could be purchased, however I do not think I am going to just yet, is a stand mixer. Everyone has seen these at people’s houses, but who ever seen one used? I feel that if you are going to get one do it right! Do not buy the Artisan one, but the Professional Stand Mixer
Another thing that you will need is a proofing box. I think I am going to attempt to make one of these myself and will definitely be sharing how that goes later on.
Other things you might want to pick up, but I will discuss later:
You write very well.