Archive for December, 2008

The Slice Blog at seriouseats.com brings us serious evidence of the approaching Pizzapocalypse this New Year’s Eve. The Four Horsemen have apparently been seen galloping past in the form of pizza vending machines, text message pizza ordering from both Papa John’s and Pizza Hut, $1 billion in online pizza orders and TiVos hooked up to Domino’s.

If cardboard crust and ...

Treehugger.com has been a hub for Green information on the web for quite some time now. The site is a tremendous resource for environmentally minded folks, featuring daily news and updates on everything from renewable energy to green arts and crafts for kids. That’s why it’s no surprise that the Treehuggers give masonry heaters two resounding thumbs up. Make the jump ...

Believe it or not, it’s true! Almost one year ago a Le Panyol was featured on The Rachael Ray Show’s “America’s Coolest Kitchens” segment. The show visited the recently (and masterfully) remodeled kitchen of Maine Wood Heat friend and client Michael Yedowitz and showcased his personal Le Panyol wood fired oven.

You can make the jump here to view the piece–and despite ...

Aloha,

Well this is just about our last day of our week break. Although we didn’t actually take the whole week for ourselves we did take a break from baking to set up for a class on bread-making which I taught yesterday with Kay as my lovely assistant.

The previous week ended on a high note with another record day at the farmer’s market followed by a pizza party that same evening. It wound up being our biggest weekend so far but ...

There’s a been a rash of severe weather in the Northeast as of late. Snow, ice, gale fore winds, power outages and general weather craziness seem to have become the norm. The good news is that as soon as the phone and power turns back on after a storm, nice notes from our clients start showing up!

Take this lovely letter from an ...

Maybe you’ve heard a little about masonry heaters–possibly read something online or heard about them from a European friend. If you’d like to read a definitive article on why masonry heaters, also known as “Finnish Fireplaces” and “Russian Heaters,” are a great, green way to heat your home (think renewable resource and clean combustion), consult the Green Building experts over at Continue Reading →

Ever wondered where you can get world-class baking instruction and try out a gorgeous Le Panyol wood fired oven? It’s easy if you live in the Northeast, just pay Michael and Sandy Jubinsky a visit at the Stone Turtle Baking School in southern Maine. Michael and Sandy are amazing instructors–there’s no one better to show you around a wood burning oven. ...

This great piece in the New York Times from a few years ago offers a Kneading Conference 2009 preview. You can make the jump to the article here, or if you’re not yet familiar with the Kneading Conference, you can read more about it here or see Maine Wood Heat’s pictures from this past summer here and here.

Briefly, the ...

Aloha all,

It has been awhile since my last confession, these are my sins… Whoah! where did that come from? I thought I had purged all that stuff.

It has been a while since the last update for a good reason, though I can’t think of one right now. Many things have taken place but probably the most pertinent to this communication is that I will ...

What goes better together than Janice Joplin and baking?  How about fresh pitas and falafel?  Mmmmm.

In all seriousness, pitas are a great and often overlooked addition to any baker’s repertoire. That goes double for bakers with access to wood burning ovens, because pitas are a high temperature bread and thus a great means of making the most each and every fire in your ...