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The Guardian
Australia's Consumer Watchdog Is Taking Coles To Court Over Its Bread
Business Insider Australia
Supermarket chain Coles is in trouble with Australia's consumer Watchdog for allegedly misleading customers with claims its bread was baked fresh in store. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has launched proceedings in the Federal ...
Coles faces court over 'freshly baked' breadThe Guardian
So Coles 'baked today' bread is actually made in IrelandDaily Life
Chew on that: Kennett's bread winSydney Morning Herald
Adelaide Now -The Australian -The Sunshine Coast Daily
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The asparagus season is short, and since we’re on the very tail end of it, working it into a flatbread seemed like a good idea. Technically this might just as easily be a pizza, since there is sauce, some cheese, and a heaping of vegetables. Either way, it’s a delicious dinner. The caramelized onion spread is sweet, and adds a nice backdrop of flavor. The asparagus is peeled into ribbons, and this technique helps them bake easily, leaving a tender bite and a subtle flavor. Goat cheese lends just a bit of tang, and if you happen to have chives growing in your garden, topping it all off with chive flowers makes a beautiful presentation.

Our olive oil dough is a bit richer than the master recipe, and this also adds some good flavor to the flatbread (and, is also delicious in focaccia bread as well). ‘Shaving’ the asparagus take a bit of time, but the end results are worth it: there is no worry of biting into an undercooked piece of asparagus. Also, this should work well on the grill, if you’d like to move things outside.

And, on a side note, if you don’t have a pizza peel, a large cookie sheet with 3 sides works well, too!

Olive Oil Flatbread with Asparagus and Caramelized Onion Spread

1/2 pound olive oil dough, from Artisan Pizza and Flatbread in Five Minutes A Day –page 61 (a similar dough appears in our 1st book, or use any of our basic doughs, like white, or whole grain). As mentioned above, you could also try this on the grill, with posts to reference here and here.

1/2 cup caramelized onion spread (recipe follows)

1/2 pound asparagus, trimmed and shaved with a vegetable peeler

1 ounce goat cheese, or more to taste

Chive flowers (optional)  Note: chive flowers have a very strong onion taste, so they may not be for everyone!

Preheat your oven as high as it can go (500 degrees or more), with a pizza stone near the bottom.

Roll dough into an oval about 1/8 inch thick right on a pizza peel. Spread the onion spread evenly over the top, leaving a 1-inch border. Add the asparagus evenly over the onion spread. Sprinkle with goat cheese. Check for good movement on the pizza peel, and if there’s not, use a dough scraper to get some flour (or cornmeal) underneath it. Then quickly slide the flatbread onto the preheated pizza stone.

Let the flatbread bake for 8-10 minutes.

Caramelized Onion Spread

This recipe makes enough for two pizzas.

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 yellow onion, peeled and cut into 1/8-inch-thick slices

1 cup sour cream, yogurt, or crème fraîche

Salt and pepper, to taste

Heat the olive oil and butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Then, add the onion, and follow Zoe’s instructions for caramelizing onions. When the onions are finished cooking, set aside to cool. After they have cooled, add them to a food processor with the sour cream or yogurt, and pulse until the onions are broken down, but the spread still has some texture. Add salt and pepper to taste, if desired.

Zagat (blog)
Photo of the Day: Red Bread Needs Bread
Zagat (blog)
You may have seen Red Bread at the Santa Monica farmers market. Rose and David Lawrence launched the organic bakery and eGrocer with nothing more than an oven and a bike, which they use to deliver their artisanal loaves to the market and Westside ...

Fry-bread power!
Park Record
It matters not that U.S. Department of Agriculture asserts that a paper-plate-sized serving of fry bread contains 700 calories and 25 grams of fat. I still couldn't possibly attend a powwow without partaking of a serving of that indigenous cultural ...

The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
Great Harvest Bread Co. to open in Cedar Rapids
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
It will employ about 13 people. Aside from the company's signature honey whole wheat bread, the bakery will bake some 10 varieties of bread along with baked goods including muffins, cookies and scones, Williams said. She added that she and her husband ...

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Two men charged with stealing communion bread from Clinton church
Hunterdon County Democrat - NJ.com
Clinton — Two young Hunterdon men have been charged with stealing ice cream and communion bread from a Leigh Street church. The pastor of Evangel Chapel Church reported to police on May 24 that someone had come into the church "after hours" and ...

Big Apple Bagels buys Minnesota Bread Company
Forest Lake Times
The Minnesota Bread Company sign appears on the storefront of its new owner, the Forest Lake Big Apple Bagels. Lovers of gourmet, artisan breads take note: Minnesota Bread Company loaves are not gone. They just moved across town. Formerly located at ...

Internet foodies get a rise out of ice cream bread
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Turns out, the Greendale publisher (RDA Milwaukee) had printed a recipe for ice cream bread back in 2008 in one of its magazines at the time, Cooking for Two. A South Carolina reader had actually submitted it in 2006. She said she'd found it in another ...

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HERO CENTRAL: Bread For The City Provides Free Medical Care
W*USA 9
WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA 9) ---Taking care of your health is a big responsibility. For the District's residents, it is hard to address health needs when money is low. Bread for the City makes sure low-income city residents can see a doctor. Fifteen years ...

Panera Bread Has No Idea How Secret Menus Work, Alerts the Media
FOODBEAST
Recently, Panera Bread pitched us the story of its not-so-new, not-so-secret “Hidden Menu,” which features an assortment of veggie-heavy, lean protein, and low-carb menu items for breakfast, lunch and dinner (you know, as opposed to the regularly heavy ...

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LCCI, Stakeholders to Brainstorm On Cassava Flour for Bread
AllAfrica.com
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, is set to brainstorm with stakeholders at a seminar for a renewed campaign for inclusion of cassava flour in baking bread and confectioneries. In a release by the Public Relations Manager, Mr. Tope ...

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WATCH: Match made in bread heaven
Jerusalem Post
Bread Story, which has been operating for six months, is unique mix between a coffee shop and a bakery. All the food served at the trendy restaurant on Dizengoff Street is based on different types of breads, and many of the breads are made specifically ...

Bread Garden adds gelato in 21 flavors
Iowa City Press Citizen
Bread Garden's owner, Jim Mondanaro, purchased gelato-making equipment from Capanna Coffee and Gelato after the cafe vacated its space inside The Wedge Downtown at 136 S. Dubuque St. in May. The Bread Garden began serving gelato over ...

Birds can find worms; carrying bread another matter
Columbus Telegram
The Uno saga continues. There is not a Uno deck for sale in Albion. The store clerks informed me, "It is a seasonal item." Am very well aware of that fact. It is cabin season, and we need Uno cards! After a small battle with the computer, I believe ...

Bread for the World Applauds New U.S. Commitments to Scaling up Nutrition at ...
PR Newswire (press release)
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today in London, the British government, the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), and the Government of Brazil co-hosted a summit on global nutrition called, "Nutrition for Growth: ...

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