http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/index/ en alison@riseandshinebread.com Copyright 2010 2010-05-27T04:25:19-09:00 http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_41_summer_2010/ http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_41_summer_2010/#When:04:25:19Z It’s the summertime, and starting June 12, we’re at the Saturday South Anchorage Farmers’ Market! If you’d like to know what bread we’re baking this week, please see our long term baking schedule, or sign up to receive the weekly South Anchorage Farmers’ Market email newsletter. You can also just visit the farmers’ market website and check out the most recent newsletter on the home page. We will be at the market on Saturdays from June 12 through September 25, EXCEPTING the first Saturday of each month. We’re looking forward to seeing you at the market! We’ll start on our wintertime routine again in October, when it gets too cold for the bread to be outside!  The Bread Bulletin 2010-05-27T04:25:19-09:00 http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_40/ http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_40/#When:03:50:41Z Hello!! Next week is our VERY LAST WEEK for picking up your bread at Side Street Espresso or Over the Rainbow Toys, before we go to the Saturday South Anchorage Farmers Market on June 12th!!  The farmers market is at the corner of O’Malley and Old Seward Highway, in the parking lot of the Subway/Cellular One Sports Centre, from 9am to 2pm, or whenever we sell out of bread.  We’ll be there on Saturdays except for the first Saturday of each month.  Check out our long-term bread schedule for the breads of the week, or sign up for the weekly farmers market newsletter on the front page of the website. But!!  Let’s not get ahead of ourselves!  First, I need to tell you what we’re baking for May 26th, so you can pre-order and pick them up at your usual spot, before we make the switch!  We’ll be baking our old standbys for the pan loaves:  our signature LEVAIN (100% whole wheat sourdough), and the ever-popular SPENT GRAIN (also 100% whole grain), chock full of moist barley grains from Midnight Sun Brewery’s beer-making process. Hearth loaves this week will be KALAMATA OLIVE, great for any savory lunch or dinner application, and the CHEESE & ROASTED GARLIC loaves, which, when slightly toasted, become a hybrid of a grilled cheese sandwich and garlic bread.  Our sweet bread this week is the DARK CHOCOLATE & CHERRY, great for snacks, desserts, and even breakfast for the brave-hearted and caffeine-habituated among you! If you’re feeling sad because you won’t often get to the Saturday South Anchorage Farmers Market (and for those of you who pick up your bread downtown, I know it’s a stretch), keep in mind that the bread freezes VERY well, and you can stock up this week, or anytime in the summer, and keep the bread in the freezer until you’re ready for it.  If you’d like to sign up for a weekly newsletter about what’s at the farmers’ market, visit the website and sign up for farmers market newsletter!! Welcome to our bakery website! If you’ve ordered before, just log in (see the sidebar at the left) and then click on “order bread” or “bread menu” and select the breads you’d like. If you’ve never ordered bread through the website, you’ll click on the “register now” link, pick a username and password, and enter your information (name, email, and phone numbers). Then you can place your order! If you’d like a weekly email reminder to order bread, and to know about the bread flavors we’ll be baking, sign up for my weekly bakery bulletin (see the sidebar on the left). Below, you’ll find a list of breads available for order this week, for pickup next Wednesday. In case you can’t make the website work, you can always email me at: , or call me at 677-3712. the bread ordering deadline You’ll need to order your bread by MIDNIGHT on Sunday, so we have time to plan our bake, feed our sourdough, and pre-ferment the dough!  When you order the bread, you can choose to “pay when you pick up your bread,” or you can pay via PayPal. By all means, use PayPal if you prefer—but I’m even happier to get your checks or cash when you come pick up your bread. bread pickup locations Pick-up locations for Wednesday, May 26th: 1.  Side Street Espresso, 412 G Street, downtown: 8-10am 2. Over the Rainbow Toys, 12201 Industry Way, D5, next to the Huffman Post Office: 4-6pm If you need to call me during a pick-up time, you can reach me on my cell phone at 748.3712. At other times, please call me at home/the bakery: 677-3712. Would you like to see a video of us baking your bread? Our bakery is a small commercial kitchen attached to our house on the lower Anchorage Hillside. Alison’s blog If you’d like to check out lots of savory and healthful recipes, you can find lots more of them on my blog about cooking and eating local food: Alison’s Lunch. You can even sign up for my blog posts (about local food, cooking, and recipes) to be delivered to your email! if you have trouble signing up, and I can help you. The Bread Bulletin 2010-05-21T03:50:41-09:00 http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_39/ http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_39/#When:04:07:39Z Hello!! For May 19, we’ll be baking our pan loaves with Alaskan ingredients: the ALASKAN BARLEY sourdough pan loaves, filled with grain from our very own Delta Junction. We’re also baking my favorite basic bread, the ALASKAN BAKED POTATO sourdough pan loaf.  I love its moistness and great keeping quality! For hearth loaves, look for our ONION RYE sourdough bread, which is wonderful with cheese, for sandwiches, and with soups and salads. We’ll also have our TOASTED WALNUT loaves, full-flavored with 100% whole wheat, and rich and nutty from the walnuts.  Our sweet loaf this week is the FRUITED ALMOND sourdough loaf! Packed with golden raisins, dried cranberries, dried apricots, and toasted almonds, and scented with almond extract, slices of this loaf need neither butter nor jam… they are so rich and delicious (but healthy, too!) that they are great for afternoon treats or desserts—or even as a snack on a long run or bike ride! Welcome to our bakery website! If you’ve ordered before, just log in (see the sidebar at the left) and then click on “order bread” or “bread menu” and select the breads you’d like. If you’ve never ordered bread through the website, you’ll click on the “register now” link, pick a username and password, and enter your information (name, email, and phone numbers). Then you can place your order! If you’d like a weekly email reminder to order bread, and to know about the bread flavors we’ll be baking, sign up for my weekly bakery bulletin (see the sidebar on the left). Below, you’ll find a list of breads available for order this week, for pickup next Wednesday. In case you can’t make the website work, you can always email me at: , or call me at 677-3712. the bread ordering deadline You’ll need to order your bread by MIDNIGHT on Sunday, so we have time to plan our bake, feed our sourdough, and pre-ferment the dough!  When you order the bread, you can choose to “pay when you pick up your bread,” or you can pay via PayPal. By all means, use PayPal if you prefer—but I’m even happier to get your checks or cash when you come pick up your bread. bread pickup locations Pick-up locations for Wednesday, May 19th: 1.  Side Street Espresso, 412 G Street, downtown: 8-10am 2. Over the Rainbow Toys, 12201 Industry Way, D5, next to the Huffman Post Office: 4-6pm If you need to call me during a pick-up time, you can reach me on my cell phone at 748.3712. At other times, please call me at home/the bakery: 677-3712. Would you like to see a video of us baking your bread? Our bakery is a small commercial kitchen attached to our house on the lower Anchorage Hillside. Alison’s blog If you’d like to check out lots of savory and healthful recipes, you can find lots more of them on my blog about cooking and eating local food: Alison’s Lunch. You can even sign up for my blog posts (about local food, cooking, and recipes) to be delivered to your email! if you have trouble signing up, and I can help you. The Bread Bulletin 2010-05-14T04:07:39-09:00 http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_38/ http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_38/#When:11:58:30Z Hello!! For May 12th, we’ll be baking the good old standby SIGNATURE LEVAIN and SPENT GRAIN pan loaves, great for toast, sandwiches, and great for just about any kind of spread or dip served on bread. If you need some new ideas for toast toppings, you can check out my farmers market cookbook or check out Alison’s Lunch under “sandwiches & toast toppings.” Also I’ve put loads of yummy vegetable and bean things to put on toast on the South Anchorage Farmers Market website When you get to the website, just do a recipe search for “dip” or “toast” or “spread.” Then you’ll have just about all the recipes for which I use my bread as a substrate! For the fun flavors of the week, we’ll do the cute little RAISIN & TOASTED PECAN pan loaves, fun for breakfast toast and snacks and tea parties and such. And for the hearth loaves, look for TOASTED SEED (packed with pumpkin, sunflower, flax, and sesame seeds, plus polenta) to get you thinking about spring planting, or at least shoveling the snow off your lawn. Also we’ll bake FRESH ROSEMARY to go with just about any pasta, soup, salad, or cheese on your menu plan!  Makes good sandwiches, too. Welcome to our bakery website! If you’ve ordered before, just log in (see the sidebar at the left) and then click on “order bread” or “bread menu” and select the breads you’d like. If you’ve never ordered bread through the website, you’ll click on the “register now” link, pick a username and password, and enter your information (name, email, and phone numbers). Then you can place your order! If you’d like a weekly email reminder to order bread, and to know about the bread flavors we’ll be baking, sign up for my weekly bakery bulletin (see the sidebar on the left). Below, you’ll find a list of breads available for order this week, for pickup next Wednesday. In case you can’t make the website work, you can always email me at: , or call me at 677-3712. the bread ordering deadline You’ll need to order your bread by MIDNIGHT on Sunday, so we have time to plan our bake, feed our sourdough, and pre-ferment the dough!  When you order the bread, you can choose to “pay when you pick up your bread,” or you can pay via PayPal. By all means, use PayPal if you prefer—but I’m even happier to get your checks or cash when you come pick up your bread. bread pickup locations Pick-up locations for Wednesday, May 12th: 1.  Side Street Espresso, 412 G Street, downtown: 8-10am 2. Over the Rainbow Toys, 12201 Industry Way, D5, next to the Huffman Post Office: 4-6pm If you need to call me during a pick-up time, you can reach me on my cell phone at 748.3712. At other times, please call me at home/the bakery: 677-3712. Would you like to see a video of us baking your bread? Our bakery is a small commercial kitchen attached to our house on the lower Anchorage Hillside. Alison’s blog If you’d like to check out lots of savory and healthful recipes, you can find lots more of them on my blog about cooking and eating local food: Alison’s Lunch. You can even sign up for my blog posts (about local food, cooking, and recipes) to be delivered to your email! if you have trouble signing up, and I can help you. The Bread Bulletin 2010-05-06T11:58:30-09:00 http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_37/ http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_37/#When:03:24:56Z Hello!! Wasn’t that a fun article about our bakery in the newspaper on Wednesday morning?  If you haven’t seen it, you can click here to see the link. As advertised, we’re making the ever-popular SPENT GRAIN pan loaves, packed with barley groats from Midnight Sun Brewing Company’s beer-making process that make the bread healthy, moist, and flavorful. We’ll also be baking GOLDEN MAIZE pan loaves, with cornmeal fresh-ground in our bakery, and a touch of honey to take the edge off the sourdough’s tang.  Hearth loaves will include KALAMATA OLIVE and ALASKAN POTATO & CHIVE, both great with your pasta, soups and salads for dinner and lunches.  And the dessert/snack/(not just for breakfast anymore) bread you chocolate fans have been waiting for: DARK CHOCOLATE & CHERRY again at last. Welcome to our bakery website! If you’ve ordered before, just log in (see the sidebar at the left) and then click on “order bread” or “bread menu” and select the breads you’d like. If you’ve never ordered bread through the website, you’ll click on the “register now” link, pick a username and password, and enter your information (name, email, and phone numbers). Then you can place your order! If you’d like a weekly email reminder to order bread, and to know about the bread flavors we’ll be baking, sign up for my weekly bakery bulletin (see the sidebar on the left). Below, you’ll find a list of breads available for order this week, for pickup next Wednesday. In case you can’t make the website work, you can always email me at: , or call me at 677-3712. the bread ordering deadline You’ll need to order your bread by MIDNIGHT on Sunday, so we have time to plan our bake, feed our sourdough, and pre-ferment the dough!  When you order the bread, you can choose to “pay when you pick up your bread,” or you can pay via PayPal. By all means, use PayPal if you prefer—but I’m even happier to get your checks or cash when you come pick up your bread. bread pickup locations Pick-up locations for Wednesday, April 28th: 1.  Side Street Espresso, 412 G Street, downtown: 8-10am 2. Over the Rainbow Toys, 12201 Industry Way, D5, next to the Huffman Post Office: 4-6pm If you need to call me during a pick-up time, you can reach me on my cell phone at 748.3712. At other times, please call me at home/the bakery: 677-3712. Would you like to see a video of us baking your bread? Our bakery is a small commercial kitchen attached to our house on the lower Anchorage Hillside. Alison’s blog If you’d like to check out lots of savory and healthful recipes, you can find lots more of them on my blog about cooking and eating local food: Alison’s Lunch. You can even sign up for my blog posts (about local food, cooking, and recipes) to be delivered to your email! if you have trouble signing up, and I can help you. The Bread Bulletin 2010-04-23T03:24:56-09:00 http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_36/ http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_36/#When:03:54:36Z Hello!! We’re baking two breads this week that we haven’t made in almost a year!  We’ve had several requests for the ALASKAN BARLEY SOURDOUGH, and since we’re just getting a new shipment of Alaskan barley from Farmer Stu Davies in Delta Junction, it seems like a good time! It’s a little denser than the spent grain bread, since we grind the barley instead of using the whole groats. Give it a try—or you can just stick with my perennial favorite, the ALASKAN POTATO SOURDOUGH bread! The other old favorite that we’ve neglected for far too long is the not-too-sweet DARK RAISIN RYE SOURDOUGH. Although you’re unlikely to distinguish the ingredients apart from the molasses, and raisins, it’s the complexity added by the cocoa and coffee that puts this particular loaf over the top. Great as toast for breakfast or snacks, or even dessert in a pinch, I sometimes have a hard time not eating an entire loaf the night we bake it. Also featured: the ever-popular CHEESE & ROASTED GARLIC loaves, and the savory TOASTED WALNUT. Welcome to our bakery website! If you’ve ordered before, just log in (see the sidebar at the left) and then click on “order bread” or “bread menu” and select the breads you’d like. If you’ve never ordered bread through the website, you’ll click on the “register now” link, pick a username and password, and enter your information (name, email, and phone numbers). Then you can place your order! If you’d like a weekly email reminder to order bread, and to know about the bread flavors we’ll be baking, sign up for my weekly bakery bulletin (see the sidebar on the left). Below, you’ll find a list of breads available for order this week, for pickup next Wednesday. In case you can’t make the website work, you can always email me at: , or call me at 677-3712. the bread ordering deadline You’ll need to order your bread by MIDNIGHT on Sunday, so we have time to plan our bake, feed our sourdough, and pre-ferment the dough!  When you order the bread, you can choose to “pay when you pick up your bread,” or you can pay via PayPal. By all means, use PayPal if you prefer—but I’m even happier to get your checks or cash when you come pick up your bread. bread pickup locations Pick-up locations for Wednesday, April 21st: 1.  Side Street Espresso, 412 G Street, downtown: 8-10am 2. Over the Rainbow Toys, 12201 Industry Way, D5, next to the Huffman Post Office: 4-6pm If you need to call me during a pick-up time, you can reach me on my cell phone at 748.3712. At other times, please call me at home/the bakery: 677-3712. Would you like to see a video of us baking your bread? Our bakery is a small commercial kitchen attached to our house on the lower Anchorage Hillside. Alison’s blog If you’d like to check out lots of savory and healthful recipes, you can find lots more of them on my blog about cooking and eating local food: Alison’s Lunch. You can even sign up for my blog posts (about local food, cooking, and recipes) to be delivered to your email! if you have trouble signing up, and I can help you. The Bread Bulletin 2010-04-16T03:54:36-09:00 http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_35/ http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_35/#When:16:30:54Z Hello!! We’re back, and ready to bake!  Thanks for putting up with our long winter break! We had time to get lots of things done, and have some rest and relaxation time, too.  I hope you’ve had a great winter, and now we can hope for springtime soon! Welcome to our bakery website! If you’ve ordered before, just log in (see the sidebar at the left) and then click on “order bread” or “bread menu” and select the breads you’d like. If you’ve never ordered bread through the website, you’ll click on the “register now” link, pick a username and password, and enter your information (name, email, and phone numbers). Then you can place your order! If you’d like a weekly email reminder to order bread, and to know about the bread flavors we’ll be baking, sign up for my weekly bakery bulletin (see the sidebar on the left). Below, you’ll find a list of breads available for order this week, for pickup next Wednesday. In case you can’t make the website work, you can always email me at: , or call me at 677-3712. the bread ordering deadline You’ll need to order your bread by MIDNIGHT on Sunday, so we have time to plan our bake, feed our sourdough, and pre-ferment the dough!  When you order the bread, you can choose to “pay when you pick up your bread,” or you can pay via PayPal. By all means, use PayPal if you prefer—but I’m even happier to get your checks or cash when you come pick up your bread. bread pickup locations Pick-up locations for Wednesday, April 14th: 1.  Side Street Espresso, 412 G Street, downtown: 8-10am 2. Over the Rainbow Toys, 12201 Industry Way, D5, next to the Huffman Post Office: 4-6pm If you need to call me during a pick-up time, you can reach me on my cell phone at 748.3712. At other times, please call me at home/the bakery: 677-3712. Would you like to see a video of us baking your bread? Our bakery is a small commercial kitchen attached to our house on the lower Anchorage Hillside. Alison’s blog If you’d like to check out lots of savory and healthful recipes, you can find lots more of them on my blog about cooking and eating local food: Alison’s Lunch. You can even sign up for my blog posts (about local food, cooking, and recipes) to be delivered to your email! if you have trouble signing up, and I can help you. The Bread Bulletin 2010-04-08T16:30:54-09:00 http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_february_break/ http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_february_break/#When:04:32:55Z Hello from all of us at Rise & Shine Bakery!  (all of us = Alison, Dan and Meredith, age 5) We’re on vacation until April! We sure love baking for you in the winter, but it’s good to have a little break, too!  Since we’re so busy in the summertime, we figured we’d better go now while we have a chance! We’ll come back refreshed and raring to go! You can start ordering again on Thursday, April 8, and we’ll bake for Wednesday, April 14th. During our break, we’re planning to visit with family, soak up a little sun, and continue our work developing the Glacier Valley Farm CSA (Community-Supported Agriculture) and the Alaska Farmers Market Association. I’ll send you an email newsletter on April 8th to let you know we are open for bread orders again. When we open back up, ordering through the website will be easy and fun! The first time you order bread, you’ll click on the “register now” link, pick a username and password, and enter your information (name, email, and phone numbers). If it’s after April 8th, and you can’t make the website work, you can always email me at: , or call me at 677-3712. the bread ordering deadline You’ll need to order your bread by MIDNIGHT on Sunday, but not until after March 18th, so we have time to plan our bake, feed our sourdough, and pre-ferment the dough!  When you order the bread, you can choose to “pay when you pick up your bread,” or you can pay via PayPal. By all means, use PayPal if you prefer—but I’m even happier to get your checks or cash when you come pick up your bread. bread pickup locations Pick-up locations for Wednesday, April 14th 1.  Side Street Espresso, 412 G Street, downtown: 8-10am 2.  Over the Rainbow Toys, 12201 Industry Way, D5, next to the Huffman Post Office: 4-6pm If you need to call me during a pick-up time, you can reach me on my cell phone at 748.3712. Would you like to see a video of us baking your bread? Our bakery is a small commercial kitchen attached to our house on the lower Anchorage Hillside. Alison’s blog If you’d like more savory and healthful recipes, you can find lots more of them on my blog about cooking and eating local food: Alison’s Lunch. You can even sign up for my blog posts (about local food, cooking, and recipes) to be delivered to your email! if you have trouble signing up, and I can help you. The Bread Bulletin 2010-01-15T04:32:55-09:00 http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_34/ http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_34/#When:04:01:21Z Hello!!  And Happy Twenty-Ten! I hope you had a wonderful holiday—we sure enjoyed getting a chance to relax after a busy December. IMPORTANT! We’ll bake one more time, for January 13th, before taking a longer mid-winter break, so you have a chance to stock up now and freeze bread for later, if you like. The bread freezes and thaws beautifully because of the long fermented whole grains in the loaves. During our break, we’re planning to visit with family, soak up a little sun, and continue our work developing the Glacier Valley Farm CSA (Community-Supported Agriculture) and the Alaska Farmers Market Association. I’ll send you an email newsletter on March 18th to let you know we are open for bread orders again. Since we’re leaving you in the lurch, bread-wise, I’ve included a recipe below for a bread that you can substitute for sourdough once in a while: skillet cornbread! If you’ve ordered before, just log in (see the sidebar at the left) and then click on “order bread” or “bread menu” and select the breads you’d like. If you’ve never ordered bread through the website, you’ll click on the “register now” link, pick a username and password, and enter your information (name, email, and phone numbers). Then you can place your order! If you’d like a weekly email reminder to order bread, and to know about the bread flavors we’ll be baking, sign up for my weekly bakery bulletin (see the sidebar on the left). Below, you’ll find a list of breads available for order this week, for pickup next Wednesday. In case you can’t make the website work, you can always email me at: , or call me at 677-3712. the bread ordering deadline You’ll need to order your bread by MIDNIGHT on Sunday, so we have time to plan our bake, feed our sourdough, and pre-ferment the dough!  When you order the bread, you can choose to “pay when you pick up your bread,” or you can pay via PayPal. By all means, use PayPal if you prefer—but I’m even happier to get your checks or cash when you come pick up your bread. bread pickup locations Pick-up locations for Wednesday, January 13: 1.  Side Street Espresso, 412 G Street, downtown: 8-10am 2. Over the Rainbow Toys, 12201 Industry Way, D5, next to the Huffman Post Office: 4-6pm Please note: Pickup times have changed a little bit from last year, so please note that you now have a two-hour window at each location.  If you need to call me during a pick-up time, you can reach me on my cell phone at 748.3712. At other times, please call me at home/the bakery: 677-3712. Would you like to see a video of us baking your bread? Our bakery is a small commercial kitchen attached to our house on the lower Anchorage Hillside. Alison’s blog If you’d like more savory and healthful recipes, you can find lots more of them on my blog about cooking and eating local food: Alison’s Lunch. You can even sign up for my blog posts (about local food, cooking, and recipes) to be delivered to your email! if you have trouble signing up, and I can help you. GLACIER VALLEY FARM COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA) It’s the only year-round program featuring local Alaskan produce! Would you like to pick up a box of beautiful and economical local vegetables when you need produce? Subscribers to our CSA program aren’t limited to our short farmers’ market season to get Alaskan produce; we’re loading boxes year-round! During the winter, local produce includes cabbages, carrots, potatoes, onions, beets, and turnips. To add variety to these nourishing and savory staples, we add all sorts of vegetables and fruits from certified organic farms Outside. Each box also contains a newsletter loaded with my delicious, healthy recipes tailored to the week’s vegetables. [$35/box] You can sign up for a box once a week, twice a month, or more sporadically—you choose the dates! You pre-pay for your box, then pick it up at one of several locations in Anchorage, Eagle River, or the Valley. Please visit our website for more information!  The Bread Bulletin 2010-01-08T04:01:21-09:00 http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_335/ http://riseandshinebread.com/index.php/site/issue_335/#When:06:16:55Z Hello!! We’re taking a couple of weeks off after a very busy and productive December! Thank you so much for supporting our bakery this year, and for sharing our bread with your friends for the holiday! You’ll be able to order bread again, starting January 7th, for pickup on January 13th. Please plan to stock up on bread, if you’ll be needing it, since after the 13th we’ll be closing the bakery down for our winter break. We’re taking some time to spend with family, and it’s a little easier to leave now than during the busy summertime farmers market season! Would you like to see a video of us baking your bread? Our bakery is a small commercial kitchen attached to our house on the lower Anchorage Hillside. Check us out on YouTube!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyFlAhpnbJU The Bread Bulletin 2009-12-24T06:16:55-09:00