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Contrary to the title of this post, this isn’t about eating bread in a theatre. Instead it is a cheap and easy way to make perfectly round loaves of bread without buying a specialty pan or mastering some difficult dough rolling kung-fu.

Bread cooked in a can?  This must be some well kept secret!  Who knew that a coffee can could have such a use.

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I do not have that seemingly instinctive trait some people have for combining the right spices with other spices or even particular foods. Sure, I know that EVERYTHING tastes better with garlic, but it mostly ends right about there.

[Photograph: Max Falkowitz]

If you walk down the spice aisle of your local grocery store, you’ll find as many spice blends as actual spices. Some of them are painfully, eye-rollingly cheesy (“New Orleans-style flavor? Seriously?). Others, like five spice powder and vadouvan, are more worth your while.

I’m a big fan of spice blends when they’re made with care and quality …
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