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Posted on September 21, 2019

Next into the mixer for kneading.

Focaccia uses a really wet dough. It’s 7 parts water to 10 parts flour, by weight (or “70% hydration” using bread lingo). The result is a loose dough that doesn’t really form into a ball like many other, dryer doughs meant for loaf bread.

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Posted on September 21, 2019

Next the olive oil and water. (Don’t worry. The oil was weighed. I didn’t just eyeball it.) #focaccia

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Posted on September 21, 2019

So what do you do when you have leftover herb oil from making focaccia? Make more focaccia!

Step1: Weigh the dry ingredients and mix them.

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Posted on September 21, 2019

13 years of accumulated paint, off to hazardous materials and out of my garage!

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Posted on September 20, 2019

Seriously, if you’re doing business via email, you need to follow up more times than is probably comfortable for you. People are busy with their own lives and businesses. If you want a piece of their attention and time, you have to persist.

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Posted on September 20, 2019

What does seven follow-up emails get you? A sale.

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Posted on September 14, 2019

After it’s modeling session, the grasshopper posed for a selfie with me.

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Posted on September 14, 2019

A little grasshopper hopped up onto our table and posed for a photograph.

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