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My name is Erik Mallinson. I draw pictures, make music, and some other stuff. I like playing the ‘ukulele, riding my scooter around Boston, and playing board games.
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Sep15

The Twelve Stages of Bread

From: The Bread Baker’s Apprentice:

  1. Mise En Place – Everything in it’s place is the organizing principle.
  2. Mixing – In which three important requirements must be met.
  3. Primary Fermentation – Also called bulk fermentation, win which most of the flavor is determined.
  4. Punching Down – Also called de–gassing, in which the dough begins to enter its secondary fermentation and individuation.
  5. Dividing – in which pieces are weighed or scaled, while continuing to ferment.
  6. Rounding – in which the pieces are given an interim shaping prior to their final shape.
  7. Benching – also called resting, or intermediate proofing, during which time the gluten relaxes.
  8. Shaping and Panning – in which the dough is given its final shape prior to baking.
  9. Proofing – also called secondary or final fermentation, in which the dough is leavened to its appropriate baking size.
  10. Baking – which may also include scoring the dough and steaming, but in which three vital oven actions must occur.
  11. Cooling – which is really an extension of baking but must occur before cutting into the bread.
  12. Storing and Eating – in production baking it’s primarily storing, but home baking usually emphasizes, ahem, eating.

I really love the concept of mise en place. I definitely try to have everything laid out when I’m in the kitchen. But outside of the kitchen I never consider getting everything in place to create. I’m going to try that.

#cooking note #bread #Peter Reinhart #book #reading #baking #creativity

Sep10

Rose’s Garden, a storybook for all ages, is Massachusetts author & illustrator Peter H. Reynolds’ ode to vision, faith, and community. The story was inspired by the resilient spirit of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and the Greenway that now bears her name.  Massachusetts-based Candlewick Press will publish special hardcover editions of Rose’s Garden — stand by for details! Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy

Rose’s Garden, a storybook for all ages, is Massachusetts author & illustrator Peter H. Reynolds’ ode to vision, faith, and community. The story was inspired by the resilient spirit of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and the Greenway that now bears her name.  Massachusetts-based Candlewick Press will publish special hardcover editions of Rose’s Garden — stand by for details!

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy

#illustration #book #Boston

Jul22

Obituary: Susan Lydon→

Obituary of the author of the book I am reading, “The Knitting Sutra: Craft as a Spiritual Practice.”

So far it’s been a terrific book that essentially relates the act of knitting to one of mindfulness. Sometimes I like to research where the authors are now and I was saddened to find that she passed away in 2005. I sort of randomly picked up this book but discovered that, aside from loving knitting, Susan Lydon was also one of the founding members of Rolling Stone magazine.

#book #knitting

Jun15

Is today Awesome PDF day and no one told me? Check out this book of terrific illustrations thrown together by the excellent Mattias Adolfsson. If you register for an account you can download it as PDF instead of reading within the browser. He’s got others available on his profile too. I’d love to see a book in print for Mattias, as I’ve only seen his work online.

Is today Awesome PDF day and no one told me?

Check out this book of terrific illustrations thrown together by the excellent Mattias Adolfsson. If you register for an account you can download it as PDF instead of reading within the browser. He’s got others available on his profile too.

I’d love to see a book in print for Mattias, as I’ve only seen his work online.

#illustration #book #art

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