Making Bread without added Yeast

I had been experimenting with making bread without using either baker’s yeast or a starter. It is possible, because a small amount yeast is naturally in the air & on the flour itself. Not using yeast to make bread is a simple process but it takes quite a bit of time for the dough to …

White Bread made with Powdered Milk

I’ve been working with powdered milk in my bread recipes. The ratio works well is about 10% or to run how my basic set up is if there is 100g flour, then 10g of powdered milk will be used. This is what I find is the best mix for integrating powdered into the white bread …

Sourdough Pizza Crust

I make pizza regularly to keep using sourdough starter so it doesn't go too bad. There are two variations of preparations this time that are due with whether the dough was refrigerated before use or not. I did not have a black baking pan when making these, which will darken the crust more. Ingredients: 240g …

Basic White Bread

This bread recipe is the basic one I use. It’s actually quite flexible and I’ve used it to make foccaccia before, which I make if I mess up or just have bad yeast and the dough doesn't rise properly. With bread baking one thing that you want to know is basic amounts are based on …

Country Bread Recipe

This bread recipe is often known "Country Bread" because sponge and dough method is commonly associated with bread made in the French countryside. The sponge method is one of the older methods for making bread before the switch to baker's yeast. The other way to make a sponge is to use old dough instead of …

Kotoko Sasaki’s 50 Questions in Voice Channel

Voice Channel has a segment of asking 50 questions to newer Voice acting talent. This is a translation from 2019 Vol.9 with Nogizaka46 member Kotoko Sasaki (佐々木琴子). Ms. Sasaki was asked 50 questions in total but I’m not publishing three of them (8, 16, 21). This is first time I've done a translation like this …

Short Thoughts on Breathe of the Wild

In the post credit scene in Breathe of the Wild, Zelda asks Link if he remembers her and if all the memories are recovered it becomes clear that she is one of the only people he remembers at all. That is the main issue with the story of Breathe of the Wild, that Zelda is …

A Short Response to Henschen’s “The Tragic Decline of Music Literacy”

I saw this article, titled The Tragic Decline on Music Literacy (and Quality), that pinned the decline to the quality of music people listen to the decline in the amount of music classes available. I often find these articles unconvincing because over sells the ability of education fix real or imagined woes. It isn't a …

Short Thoughts Vol. 1

I saw a blog post that included a comic making fun of the idea that Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear were “adult cartoons”, as they were advertised in the 60’s. This seems silly considering the shows but the idea that cartoons and animation were purely the domain of children’s media is purely a product of …