Gold woven

March 4, 2010 | Posted By: Annie | 2 Comments
Filed Under Art Shows, Life 

Today Annalisa and I made this lovely bread for our show opening tomorrow. It is a Swiss New Year’s bread that my mother and grandmother (and so on back down the line) always make around Christmas and sometimes Easter. It was quite time consuming but well worth the effort. It tastes divine and the act of weaving four strands of dough is actually very satisfying. Come tomorrow if you are in town, the bread will be there too, along with butter and jam. . .

Oh yes, I must mention that I decided not to attempt complete hand kneading the 14 cup-of-flour-dough and did it in three shifts in my kitchen aide. Needless to say, it was still a bit much. While I had my back turned the mixer had worked its way to the edge and proceeded to dive off the counter and inflict a large dent in the linoleum. Sure glad a certain toddler wasn’t wandering around the kitchen at the time! Sorry landlady dear, it was the mixer, really it was. . .