Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge, a Year of Blogging, and a Giveaway

Let’s see, what can I tell you. Well, right now, I am sitting in bed watching “The Holiday” and my 4 year old keeps coming in with some new excuse as to why he can’t go to bed. The latest is his elbow itches.

I admire you taking on the Bread Baker’s Challenge. I know so very little about bread baking. It is so daunting. Good luck!

Congratulations on a whole year! I’m halfway there technically, but in terms of that whole “posting more than once in three months” thing, I’m not so close.

As someone who avoids making bread because she knows she’ll just eat it in a single day, I think I might be okay to take on the American Pie Perfect Pizza title.

And hey, you can even send me a used copy. That’s fine by me. Yep.

Congratulations on your year of blogging! I’d love to win that great book! It has been on my wishlist since long…

Cheers,

Rosa

Congratulations on 1 year! Goes by quickly, doesn’t it?

That’s quite a list – good luck! I joined the Daring Bakers last summer and am amazed and how much I’ve enjoyed baking. I used to be exceptionally hesitant about bread and baking, in general.

I have a joke! It’s bad – you’ve been warned.

Q. What’s brown and sticky?
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A. A stick!

Happy 1st blog birthday I’ve truly enjoyed each and every one of your bread posts, as well as the other things you cook. Very inspiring!

Right below this “leave reply” box, there is a recent post of sauteed ramps in guanciale. I LOVE guanciale. After posting this, I think I’m going to peek on over there!

Cheers and fantastic blog!

Congratulations on your anniversary! I just recently started baking bread. I started on white sandwich bread and now have moved on to whole-wheat bread, pita bread, tortilla, french bread and naan. I hope to improve and make loads more interesting bread.

Yay! A giveaway that involves bread. What more can a girl ask for?!

Ooh yay a competition I can enter! Hmm pressure’s on…the meaning of life…is food and good company? Anyway congratulations on your 1 year anniversary! What a fantastic achievement!

Congratulations! I’ve discovered your blog recently, but now I am a big fan of your recipes, photos and writing
I’m starting making my own bread (is addictive!) with The Bread Baker’s Apprentice (“El aprendiz de panadero” in spanish); I’m in love with that book. I’m sure the other Peter Reinhart books are also marvellous.

Thanks for your fantastic work!

Two cannibals were sitting around the campfire talking. One of the cannibals said, “You know, I just don’t like my brother-in-law.”

To which the other replied, “Then just eat the noodles.”

Congrats on one year!

One year is impressive!!
I love making bread and lust after cookbooks.
Keep up the bloggin’

Congrats on your anniversary!

That apprentice challenge to-do list is daunting! I’m sure you’ll need me to come by & help with all that left over bread. ;o}

I can’t remember any clean jokes.
Don’t know the meaning of life yet, but I’d better hurry cuz I ain’t getting any younger.

Here’s my mantra.. Nothing is worth more than this day.

Congrats on making it one year! You are a bread making machine!

I love baking bread, just wish I had more time to do it. Maybe my upcoming maternity leave will be a good time to get my hands in the dough!

Congratulations on your one-year anniversary!

Aw, geez… Here we go. Hi! Anong isda ang sumasabog? Eh di pla-pla! And… I have no idea what the meaning of life is. Looking forward to hundreds of more bread posts Jude!

I would love Whole Grain Bread. Its on my to get list.

Ahh, the meaning of life. In my humble opinion, I believe it is to eat, live, love (all senses of the word), laugh, breath, cry, create, iamgine, dream… Okay like it is the best I could do here.

I am so glad you started your blog a year ago! I love to see what you are up to and to learn something, as I usually do from you. Thank you! Keep on Blogging!

Happy 1st Blogiversary!

Why do white bears dissolve in water?
Because they’re polar!

Hi.

I would love Whole Grain Bread.

From my point of view there is nothing funny about bread baking. It’s more like Love. If you do it right it grows and smells nice, if you don’t it shrinks and looks pathetic.

Thank you for a wonderfull blog.

Congrats Jude!! That is indeed a long list.. u bake & i’ll come & taste:-).. let me tell you that U R an inspiration!! Really.. i am no baker, but when i come here, i really get that push to bake just by seeing the things u do!

Now a joke which i saved in my heart from a year back.. my daughter then 2.5 surprised us with a knock knock joke..

Knock! Knock!
Who’s There?
Twinkle…
Twinkle Who?
Twinkle Twinkle little Star..

& recently she called a Dandelion a “White Tiger” .. apparently she got mixed up with a lion & tiger & remembered the color of the flower she blows to make a wish!

Sorry .. but u asked for jokes:-D

congrats on a year of many, many terrific posts! and of all the books on that list (an awesome collection, by the way), i’m lacking the one filled with recipes from brother juniper’s cafe. sacramental magic, indeed!

That’s a very impressive list that you have made. I have yet to tackle homemade bread but would like to try sometime soon!

Dropping by to say hi because rumor has it some freebies are up for grabs. Congrats on the blog anniversary, Jude. The first post was an excellent one, yet you’ve managed to constantly top yourself this past year.

Hi! I’m doing the BBA Challenge too…can’t wait for all the bread! Very cool list–I love how you’ve organized it!

Gosh, nothing to say that’s not been said before…

So how about – Man walks into a bar and

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bumps his head. Boom boom.

I would love to win the Bread Baker’s Apprentice! I could use a lot of help in developing my bread making technique.

Thanks for all your insightful posts

You know what’s crazy? I was looking up a recipe for steamed lemon chicken and landed on yours!

So anyway, hi!

And I thought I’d go ahead and enter!

So many congrats on your year anniversary! Quite a feat. You’ve been baking up a storm, and everything you make is delectable, and surely gorgeous. The photos are supreme! Perhaps you are showing us that the meaning of life is eating lots of good carbs!

Congrats Congrats Congrats! 60 yeasted bread posts in one year is nothing to scoff at.

I’m a Peter Reinhart virgin, which means that any of his books in the mail would be a treat!

Here’s to a great second year!

-Siri

Congratulations on one year of blogging ! You have a wonderful and VERY useful blog ! I love it A LOT !

Happy Blogiversary!

Congratulations! I would love to win a copy of “The Bread Baker’s Apprentice”.

That is an awesome list of bread! I will make more time to make bread. I WILL!

Hi! I’ve been lurking for awhile… but giveaways draw me out.

I don’t have the meaning of life, but I do have this great joke that I saw on the Amazon forums that you’ll hopefully find amusing. (I think it’s called the tomato garden joke).

An old man lives by himself. Every year, he plants (replants?) a tomato garden, and every year, his only son helps him dig and break up the tough soil on which the garden is planted. One year, however, the son gets arrested, and is still in prison when tomato garden planting time rolls around. At a loss as to how to plant the garden without his son, the old man sends his son a letter:

Dear Son,
I am feeling pretty badly because it looks like I won’t be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I’m just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. I know if you were here my troubles would be over. I know you would be happy to dig the plot with me.
Love, Dad

A few days later, the son responds:

Dear Dad,
Don’t dig up that garden. That’s where I buried the bodies.
Love, your son

The next morning, FBI agents and local police arrive and dig up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologize to the old man and leave. That same day the old man receives another letter from his son, which reads:

Dear Dad,
Sorry I couldn’t be there in person, but go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That’s the best I could do under the circumstances.
Love, your son

I’ll go the suck-up route instead. I’ve made many a loaf after your posts. Many have yielded wonderful results, but a few have made it into regular, and beloved circulation. Every morning entails a slice of toasted anadama for my husband, and 100% whole wheat cinnamon swirl for me, a sandwhich on 100% whole wheat sandwhich loaf for lunch.
This weekend we went to the Farmers Market to pick up morrels and jersualem artichokes for soup-which is now a regular as well.
Thanks for the constant inspiration.

Congrats on a year of blogging!

The first time I visited this blog was when I accidentally Googled here by clicking on your red bean pancake recipe. I’m proud to say all of the recipes I’ve made from your blog have been great successes!

Going back to your comment on my blog, ALL french names sound complicated to me haha

Just let me tell you how much I admire the photos on your blog. They have style. They tell the story well. They are bright and clear.
Thanks for providing a quality food blog.

Erica

There was this mynah pet which was put outside in the front lawn. The bird’s mimicry was so good that in no time at all it was able to reproduce faithfully the sound of the gate opening, and doing it every five minutes or so that people inside the house were constantly peeping out to see if someone is coming.

So the mynah was put inside the house, but on that very same day it was whistling the tune of the phone ringing, and everybody got tired of picking the phone up, thinking somebody’s calling.

So the mynah was put at the back of the house.

And the punchline is, I want to mimic your bread baking, but I seriously need a professional guide, so I want that book.

Happy anniversary!

Happy Blogiversary JUDE! I sincerely LOVE your blog and can’t wait to see what you bake next! XXOO

Isn’t this a happy coincidence. I was actually stopping by to thank you for a comment you left on my blog ages ago (that I didn’t respond to until now…shame on me!). But I find that you’re celebrating the very book that I’ve been immediately coveting – The Bread Baker’s Apprentice, that along with your Blogiversary…congrats by the way, that’s quite an achievement.

I checked Apprentice out from the library along with Crust & Crumb trying to decide which one I prefer and Apprentice is definitely my preference. I actually did something…well…interesting with the bagel recipe this weekend (I’ll be posting on that later this week). It’s a great book. I can’t believe you baked all that bread! Congratulations again!

Congratulations on a year of blogging, quite addictive isn’t it. I’ve enjoyed your posts a lot! Brave to commit yourself to this wonderful BBAC! Have Fun.
about the meaning of life… well maybe “bake bread, break bread and share bread”.

Happy first blog anniversary! I’ve seen lots of delicious looking breads coming by. You already made lots from the book. I have the book too but I’ve only made one or 2 things…someday

Congrats on a year Jude!!! And many more to come…

Congrats on your year! Nice book, and it seems as though my family and I are striving to make everything from scratch since the economy blew apart. It’s a silver lining! cdziuba@aol.com

Happy anniversary! And I have to say how much I love your beautiful photographs on the blog–they’re a real inspiration!

Great job! Wonderful breads always! Would love that book!

Congratulations on 1 year posting. This is a great idea for a giveaway. Thanks, I would love a chance to win.

Why, Jude, the meaning of life is bread, is it not? Or something like that. I’ve been successfully baking from Reinhart’s Whole Grain breads book, and it’s made my life all the better. (In fact, there’s a brioche rising on my countertop just now.)

Congratulations on a year of wonderful posts and delicious creations; wishing you many, many more! You are leagues ahead of me in all cooking respects but I love coming here to be inspired by and to admire your handiwork. I only wish I could have a taste of any of them . . .

Congrats on one year of blogging.

“Crust and Crumb: Master Formulas for Serious Bread Bakers” sounds like a great book.

I discovered (late to the game) no-knead bread about 6 months ago, and my baking vista expanded considerably. I’ve got Sourdough Mother Dough in the fridge and did your Italian Sourdough a few weeks ago, to great applause from my son.

Fantastic job on your blog. It’s one of a handful that I follow regularly.

Congrats on one full year of delicious recipes! I look forward to seeing what the future holds for you and your blog, because it definitely seems promising.

this is awesome! congrats on one year! you’ve got so much already accomplished and all with such beautiful photos. you probably baked more than i have in a lifetime. i hope to up that count a bit more this summer starting with the hot crossed buns recipe!

Have two boules of delicious sourdough in the oven AS WE SPEAK! Through the glass, I can see the ears developing nicely. Congrats on a year of blogging — I look forward to more to come.

I want supple hands!

Hi! I’ve just started bread baking and love it! A new book would be really helpful

One of my goals in life is to bake a good loaf of bread. I have tried and have trouble knowing when the dough has doubled. If you want a joke, try my bread!

I love making bread. I’ve been doing it for about a year too but I need to learn to be a little more daring. I am taking a break from it right now though, which makes me a little sad. It’s starting to get hot in the New England area which means I don’t really want to turn on the oven. That and kneading lately has been hurting my bad wrist. *le sigh*

Sometimes I miss some posts…belated Congrats Jude for the year !! I’ve also put a link to this post in my section of giveaways.

Cheers!

Gera

I, too, started my blog a year ago.. bread was not my first to-try recipes – it seems too intimidating, yet recently I bake breads more often than any other kinds of baked goods

Congratulations for your blog’s anniversary, by the way!

I’m planning on making bread tonight, actually. Ok so I’m cheating and using my bread machine. It’s still fresh bread, no?

Hey Jude! Happy happy blog anniversary! With the posts and recipes and the great pics you have on this blog, people would think you are an old-timer. One year only? Wow! And you have a lot of fans! Congratulations!

I am just learning to bake bread and your blog is one of my inspirations! Here’s wishing you more blogging years ahead! God bless!

Congrats on turning 1! Thanks for a great bread blog!

not really the meaning of life but everyone needs to smile/laugh more. and if that means people should cook more, i’m all for it

Happy blog birthday!

Wow! So many breads in just one year! I’m waiting for you to do the English muffins. I’m always looking for a good English muffin demo!

You’ve never made the Filipino snack carioca, have you? I found a recipe on Burnt Lumpia, but it seems a bit off to me. MarketMan had a carioca demo during his Bacolod trip, but no recipe! It’s sort of bread-like, so it could fit in with your bread-making quest!

I love reading about all of the 100% whole grain breads that you’ve made! I’ve been trying some out lately, and quickly discovered that Peter Reinhart definitely knows what he’s talking about. I would love to own a copy of his Whole Grain Breads book!

hey, happy blogging anniversary!

Great list of breads! Your list reminded me how many breads I’ve tried from BBA. I agree that it’s a fantastic book. His basic sourdough with a cup of walnuts kneaded in make a satisfying daily bread. The bagel recipe can also be easily tweaked to make sourdough bagels.

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