Zach MartinucciOn Haircuts and Leaving Home, AgainPeople tell me: “You can always just move.” I know they say that to mean: “You can always come back.” I appreciate that. And for now, I’m…Sep 18, 2017Sep 18, 2017
Zach Martinucci“The Baker in Me:” How Bread Challenges the Way I See the WorldIt started as a joke among friends. We could justify any absurd decision — more water, higher mixing speed, different shaping technique —…Sep 5, 2017Sep 5, 2017
Zach Martinucci2 + 2 Does Not Equal 4: The First Lessons of Bread SchoolIt turns out there’s a lot of math involved in baking, and the very first lesson is that 2 + 2 does NOT equal 4. It seemed like a joke at…Aug 2, 2017Aug 2, 2017
Zach MartinucciThe Secret Life of a CroissantThe tricky part about learning in a bakery is that you never get the full story from start to finish. I noticed something interesting going…Jul 19, 20171Jul 19, 20171
Zach MartinucciThings Just Got Weird: Bread with a PersonalityI find there to be a surprising amount of personification involved in cooking. My roommates point out that I talk to most of the food that…Mar 31, 2017Mar 31, 2017
Zach Martinucci“But isn’t sourdough hard?” — And the deeper conversation at handThis is one of those simple questions that I can never seem to answer in the time it takes to check out at Trader Joe’s with six bags of…Mar 4, 2017Mar 4, 2017
Zach MartinucciThird Time’s the Charm: An Origin StoryThis is probably the third time in my life that I have tried to bake real bread. And today I’m more confident than ever ― I think I finally…Feb 23, 20171Feb 23, 20171
Zach MartinucciNotes on Bread: An IntroductionI’m not sure how it happened exactly that my everyday life as a college student would involve baking sourdough bread. It started as a…Feb 19, 2017Feb 19, 2017