Kneading Conference 2024

Join us for a 3-hour workshop where we'll delve into the art of crafting both sweet and savory morning delights. Lisa will guide you through mixing your own batch of brioche dough, perfect for both sweet and savory applications. Take home your prepared dough for overnight chilling, ready to shape and bake the next day.

Whether you're a seasoned baker or new to pastry, this workshop promises a delicious morning of creativity and culinary delight!

Join Martin Philip and Jessica Battilana from King Arthur Baking Company for a sneak peek of recipes from their forthcoming cookbook, The Big Book of Bread. Martin will showcase repeatable breads that you’ll want to make over and over again, cornerstones of home bread baking: his Classic Sourdough Miche and his enriched braided challah. Then Jessica will show you some delicious things to do with those breads (beyond buttering them and cramming them into your mouth). She’s share two recipes from the “Things to Make with Bread” chapter of the book: a beautiful summer panzanella and a creamy, rich vanilla bread pudding topped with roasted seasonal fruit and caramel sauce. Throughout the demo, they’ll share details about the forthcoming book, and answer questions about making (and cooking with) bread. If there’s time, they might even make cookies. Don’t miss it!

The spectrum of types of dough is vast. A deep understanding of what it takes to make it come out right is essential to great bread. In this session we will look at all aspects of this crucial topic. It all starts with flour and understanding the range of what is available and how flavor and structure depend on it will be central. We will look at the chemistry and physics of gluten development during mixing along with differing techniques. Uncovering the nature of flour aging is part and parcel of this and we will be doing hands on mixing and baking with different flours, including fresh ground vs. aged and bleached. What do additives like salt and shortening contribute to flavor and bread structure? Leavening and lack thereof is also at the core and will be covered in depth. Again, there will be hands-on work.
Baking is an art but underlying it all is bedrock science.

Explore a variety of exciting workshops all day! Check back soon to explore our schedule as workshops are added.