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Introduction to Artisan Bread Making
with Father Paul Dumais
In-Person
This program is presented in four sessions.
The first will provide an opportunity to talk about the bread process and some helpful tools and tips for home. The second is the opportunity to begin the wonder of combining simple essential ingredients with attention to a technique for hand-kneading along with rest periods.
In the third, we give our attention to dividing and shaping individual loaves as we prepare to bake. Each day we will sample a bit of bread and enjoy the wisdom of the ages. Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of foods, and good bread with fresh butter is the greatest of feasts.
The fourth day will be devoted to making a pizza.
January 23, 1-2:30 pm
January 31, 1 pm - 5 pm
February 7, 13, 1 pm-5 pm
Location: This class will be held at St. Rose of Lima Parish, 1 Church Street, Jay, Maine
Carpool: TBD
The preparation of good bread is both art and science, and it is a bit personal. For Father Paul, the adventure of baking began with eating ploys as a child in his grandmother's home and grew as a college student working on a Kansas farm, where he enjoyed handcrafted bread baked in a wood-fired oven.
In Maine, he has been active in the annual Kneading Conference and Bread Fair in Skowhegan and with a local bread guild—Ora Breads—which has been providing fresh bread to the community for some years now. But most of all, trial and error has been his teacher.
Hidden Figures Revealed
with Eileen Kreutz
Online
Our list of unrecognized (or at least unrewarded) women in Science and Discovery is getting longer instead of shorter. Many of you have sent more names, so it is time to set up another go-round, once again in study group format. We will do this on Zoom to avoid winter roads to stay safe and cozy in our homes.
February 4, 2025, 1 pm-2:30 pm
February 11, 2025, 1 pm- 2:30 pm
Eileen, the holder of the “List of Women Scientists”, has coordinated this study group for GLI several times, but we are far from done. As in the past (with the assistance of other outstanding GLI members), we have divided up assignments and brought unique contributions as we shared what we found about our chosen scientist.
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