Bread classes at the Bethany House

As many of you know, I am offering bread baking classes in the kitchen of our monastery guest facility, the Bethany House. Saturday I taught a class in braided loaves to a 7th-grader-to-be and she ROCKED it! We did a slab braid, a crown braid and a lattice braid with ham and cheese. Afterwards we made fresh butter and she gave me a little violin concert. Special thanks to mom and dad for taking such great pictures. Check out the slide show!

Then Sunday I had an engaged couple come out for pizza lessons and did we ever have a blast! (The father of the bride-to-be is one my best friends and a colleague in the religion department of our school, St. Bede Academy) We made dough from scratch and put it in the fridge for them to take home, then made pizzas with American-style dough I had prepared the day before. She chose an Asparagus Mornay Pizza (so a mornay sauce lesson was in order) topped with baby Swiss, and he made a Muffaletta Pizza with olive salad (herbs were fresh out of the monastery garden), Italian deli meats and provolone. Warning: the pics will make you hunger for pizza!

You can find out more about Baking Classes with the Bread Monk on my "Programs and Classes" page and download a flyer detailing the classes I offer and the costs. I'd love to host you!