And what a party it was! When Zorra of 1x umrühren bitte aka kochtopf asked me if I would host January’s Bread Baking Day I just jumped at the chance! I have been baking bread every month for Bread Baking Day since I first discovered this monthly event almost a year ago. Thanks to Zorra and BBD, I have grown not only to be comfortable working with yeast and home baking bread but loving it as well. I have pushed myself beyond my safety zone and created a bounty of breads of all sorts. So how in the world could I turn down this chance?
As anyone and everyone who comes to my blog, chats with me on Twitter or follows me on Facebook knows, January was my birthday month so, needless to say, I had a theme for BBD #26 ready made! So I sent out my Birthday Party invitation asking everyone who would like to attend to bring a loaf of bread. Or bread sticks, or scones or muffins or whatever they thought would be appropriate for a Birthday Party.
Little did I expect such an amazing turnout! Partygoer after partygoer showed up, each one bearing bread after stunning bread, savory and sweet, round, braided, pinwheeled and in (and on) sticks, studded with fruit, both fresh and dried, crunchy with nuts or tangy with onions and delicately spiced. Breads from India and Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Israel, the UK, the Netherlands and the good ole US of A. This party was what I call a rousing success: 36 Bread Baking Partiers alongside me! And a cornucopia of breads.
So I won’t dilly dally around and make you wait: like the party girl standing in front of a table piled high with prettily wrapped gifts, I’ll get right to it. I want to thank each and every one of you for making this BBD Birthday Party a great success and a wonderful time! I feel truly spoiled!
As you may remember, I started the ball rolling with my Focaccia Farcita (Stuffed Focaccia)
And my friends added these luscious, tasty breads to the Party Buffet Table:
SAVORY:
Natashya of Living in the Kitchen With Puppies
Ontatrio, Canada
Karen aka Baking Soda of Bake My Day
The Netherlands
Aoife aka Spudness of The Daily Spud
Dublin, Ireland
Finla aka Happy Cook of My Kitchen Treasures
Belgium
Astrid of Paulchen's Foodblog
Vienna, Austria
Natalia of Gatti Fili e Farina
Roma, Italy
Palmira of Come Conmigo el blog de Palmira
Barcelona, Spain
Lien of Notitie Van Lien
The Netherlands
Nicole of Bread, Butter and Buns
Idaho, USA
Leah of Leah’s Leavened Bread
Tel Aviv, Israel
Robert of La Mia Cucina
Germany
Zaira of La Cocina de Zaira
Spain
Sarah of Foodbridge
Israel
Alisa of Jane of Many Trades
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Zorra of 1 x umrühren bitte aka kochtopf
Germany
Meeta of What’s For Lunch Honey?
Weimar, Germany
Tartascher of Mil Postres
Spain
Susan of Wild Yeast
California, USA
Idania of El Aroma de IDania
Foodlovers of It’s All About Foodlovers
USA
Michelle of Big Black Dog
Northern Illinois, USA
Asha of Fork-Spoon-Knife
New York and India
SWEET:
Sarah of What Smells So Good?
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Stefanie of Hefe und Mehr
Germany
Andrea aka AP269 of Family & Food
Germany
Deeba of Passionate About Baking
North India
Cathy of Bread Experience
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Hilda of Saffron & Blueberry
London, England
Elra of Elra’s Baking
California, USA
Miriam aka Chaosqueen of Chaosqueen’s Kitchen
Lübeck, Germany
Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen
Goa, India
Elle of Feeding My Enthusiasms
Northern California, USA
Jayasri of Samayalarai – Cooking is Divine
Bristol, UK
Nina of Confessions of a Bake-a-holic!
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Marta of Cocina Poética
Barbara of Barbara Bakes
Utah, USA
Sweatha of Tasty Curry Leaf
Bangalore, India
Alessio of Recipe Taster
Germany
Pamela of The Cooking Ninja
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Cinzia of Cindystar
Lake Garda, Italy
Sunita of Sunita’s World
Ipswich, UK
WOW! Pretty amazing, right? And a pretty great split between Savory and Sweet! What creativity! What generosity! Thank you one and all!
44 comments:
Jamie, your birthday party rocks!!! What wouldn't I do to have one like this. Great idea.
Thank you my dear, you were a perfect hostess, and all your guests brought exquisite and delicious breads. A big thank you to them too. Now I'm off enjoying the magnificent buffet!
Oh my goodness! There isn't a single entry I would just tear out of the picture and gorge on. WOW! Jamie, do you have enough cheese and saucissons?? ;-)
I'm so glad to be a part of this fantastic party; such gorgeous breads, each one so different. Thanks for the lovely round up Jamie :-)
Whooo hoooo! Carb junkie heaven!
Kitchen Jezebel
OH MY...I want a nibble of each of those laves. A bread baking party this is!! WOOT! What a wonderful round up for your birthday jamie girl! Love it. I'm enjoying it a lot, and am racing back for a few more crumbs before the rest arrive!
YAY!!
If the results are like this collection of recipes i am so looking forward to your next years b'day party.
I am sure gonna come back to this page to see what bread i can make in the future as they all looks so so yumm.
Thankyou for hosting.
Love joining in your b'day bash.
What a fantastic spread, so many types of breads from all over the world, definately a birthday bread celebration. Thanks for hosting the roundup.
Oh me oh my Jamie - what a stunning birthday bread spread! I would love to be standing at that birthday buffet table right now so that I could score a piece of each and every one :)
Wow! Such beautiful breads. What a great roundup! I enjoyed being part of this event. Now, I'm going to start baking some of these other delicious breads!
All so wonderful! Thanks, Jamie!
Thank you for this wonderfullissimo Party !
It is an amazing collection of breads! I bet you were in a bread coma after all this birthday bread! Wishing you an entire year of sweet things!
Keeping keeping.. so many lovely recipes, so little time! What a great party Jamie! Thanks for hosting and a wonderful round-up
That's a gorgeous roundup! a pity I could not participate...
Cheers,
Rosa
What a stunning collection of breads, a veritable bonanza of carbs. I love it.
*kisses* HH
What a great party turn out! All the breads are so delicious and beautiful. :)
What a very tasty & beautiful special bread round up, Jamie!!
Waw!!! Just look at those appetizing pictures!! Yeah!
Wonderful round ups jaime, what a successful birthday party.
Absolutely amazing range there! I found myself saying "Ooh must give that a try... and that... and that... that one too..."
Hi jamie, This was a fantastic start for me to enter BBD, hoping I will not miss it every month, I loved it, & of course needless to say your party rocks girl!!!, I couldn't take my eyes off, such gorgeous bread I am bowled over. Beautiful round-up, thanks..
Lovely and Hearty Round up. Thanks for hosting.I agree with Aparna.The party is rocking
What a great birthday party. So much delicious breads.
I am just afraid my submission got lost somewhere in the world wide web? So here is the link again: http://www.hefe-und-mehr.de/2010/01/orangenzopf-bbd-26/?postTabs=1
My word!! What a feast for the eyes! :-) So glad your party was such a rousing success! :-)
What an incredible round-up. You did a wonderful job, Jamie. The amazing thing is there wasn't a single duplicate. Kudos to all.
The stuffed focaccia looks so irresistible !
@Stefanie and @Asha - so sorry about the mix up with the e-mails but you are both added to the round up now! Thanks for your patience and understanding!
And thanks again to everyone for their fantastic, beautiful breads! And @Mary is so right, everyone made something different!
What a gorgeous round-up of bread. I'll take two of those cute little ones with the olive inside.
Sam
YAY!! this was soo much fun and as it turned out I was very appreciated for a day (that's how long the bread lasted!:D)
fun event jamie and just did the other you are hosting, today
I am not even going to make an excuse as to why I didnt bake any bread! The round up of breads you have here all look absolutely fantastic...
wow!!! what a party! beautiful breads everyone, let's do this again soon...
Jamie this is such a lovely round up:).I would love to have a party like this:) Thanks for hosting:)
What gorgeous loaves! I've been baking bread lately but still have a 50/50 success rate.
Happy Birthday,girlie girl. And what a party you had. Scrolling down,looking at loaf after loaf...I thought ...WOW. I was ( am) in awe. And yes, now I want to run to my kitchen and start baking..Thank you for the inspiration. Thanks for being you!
Birthday hugs,
SAUCY
A beautiful bread buffet indeed and a lovely way to celebrate one's special day. Many thanks to you and to your guests for this post!
This is the best party ever, so many terrific breads! Excellent!
That's an incredible bread line up! They all look wonderful but I am especially struck by the creation on sticks.
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This is one super party, wow what a wonderful selection of mouthwatering breads!! I must print some out, too good. Thanks love for hosting this amazing party!
Wahouuu ! What a wonderful summary. Now, what would be great is REALLY having this birthday party with all the breads baked!!!!
It would be a magnificent buffet, wouldn't it ?
Regards,
Palmira
What a fun birthday party! Every single one of these recipes is a keeper. Where to start?
OMG, that was a super bingo!
sorry I am late in answering but I was on a long skiing w.e.with my family.
congrats to all participants, faboulous breads and sweets, I am enjoying all with my second cup of coffee, so lucky to read the round up at breakfast time!
thank you again for hosting, and see you next BBD!
I would love to sample every single entry. They all look perfectly delicious. That's what I call a party.
What a great idea! I'm definitely in next time! Until then, here's a wee challenge for you:
http://englishmum.com/2010/02/08/the-great-cupcake-challenge/
Wow! This entry is filled with a cornucopia of yummy-looking breads. Wow. Just, wow! Nice job to all involved.
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