My daughter was coming over for lunch. Tuna Salad, I thought, would be delicious on Cranberry and Walnut Bread. It was!

No-Knead Cranberry and Walnut Bread from Bruce\’s Kitchen.

Mix all of the dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Add dried cranberries and walnuts. Add water and incorporate by hand or with a wooden spoon or spatula for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Lightly coat the inside of the bowl with olive oil. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rest 12 hours (or more) at room temperature (approx. 65-72°F).

Remove the dough from the bowl and fold once or twice. Let the dough rest 15 minutes in the bowl or on the work surface. Next, shape the dough into ball. Generously coat a cotton towel with flour, wheat bran, or cornmeal; place the dough seam side down on the towel and dust with flour. Cover the dough with a cotton towel and let rise 1-2 hours at room temperature, until more than doubled in size.

Preheat oven to 450-500°F. Place the pot in the oven at least 30 minutes prior to baking to preheat. Once the dough has more than doubled in volume, remove the pot from the oven and place the dough in the pot seam side up. Cover with the lid and bake 30 minutes Then remove the lid and bake 15-30 minutes uncovered, until the loaf is nicely browned.

Tuna Salad on Cranberry Walnut Bread.

Let me know if you make no-knead bread.
I would love to hear from you!


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I found this old negative, a photo of a store on Washington Street in Hoboken, New Jersey, taken many many years ago and I thought how apt of a word, how better than resolution.

So, instead of New Year\’s Resolutions, I am making Alterations.

To a great degree, all the Alterations are inter-connected, and I am enjoying illustrating each alteration with my photography.
 
In the book, Balancing Life By The Rule, Debra Farrington shows us the difference between self-help and spiritual growth in her article on creating a \”rule\” to guide everyday life, based on Christian monastic rules.

Contrasting a rule with a New Year\’s resolution, she says that the latter is based on what we think is wrong with us (too fat, too poor, too tired, etc), while a spiritual rule grows from a desire to become more fully what we were created to be.

1. Attire

We are all familiar with the term \”Dress for Success.\” When photographing in the cold at night, paying attention to this adage can make the difference between getting great images or mediocre images. It takes more than good equipment to achieve success; Keep you head, feet, hands, legs, chest warm.

2. Attitude

Having a positive attitude when you are out in the cold at night will have a great impact on your success rate. Simply said: You should be having fun! Which brings me to my next tip:

3. Attendance

We have often heard \”Half of success is showing up and the other half is showing up on time.\” What I mean here is that we, as photographers, ought to be \”practicing\” every day in the same way a painter uses a paintbrush, a pianist uses a piano.

Snow. Rain. Heat. Aren\’t these all situations for us to discover new landscapes of and for success? And when we add Attendance to Attitude to Attire we get success.

Of course, a Tripod is a necessity as is an umbrella (if it is still snowing or raining). Often, people might see me standing in the snow or rain behind my Tripod, an umbrella in my left hand, and my right hand on my camera!

Snow Falling on Bus Stop. Easthampton, MA. Photo by Bruce Barone.