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Probably why they are an American thing not a French. I read that French Dips originated in Los Angeles . There are two restaurants that claim they were the birth place of the first French Dip. Theory is that they are named French Dip after the style of bread they were originally served on. Now that would not always be the case. French Dips can and have been served on a variety of breads, buns and even tortillas and fry bread! So lets get down to business and I will walk you through how I made my French Dip. As I’ve said time and time again, it is hard to put down a firm recipe, I’m that person that takes and idea and twists it to fit what I want. I’ve been pretty successful over time, but don’t try my French (I’m not sure if that is French either) Onion soup. I begin my sandwich with making sure I have wonderful flavored beef to go in it. ...

“Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts.” ― James Beard The bread shown in the above picture is not actually Cranberry Wildrice Loaf, my bad. Actually, it is my good! Earlier this fall, I started playing with Wildrice Cranberry bread and figured it was such a GREAT recipe, I’d like to see what it does with blueberries instead of the cranberries. I remembered to grab the camera and I’d been promising to blog about that recipe so here it is………this time with blueberries in place of the cranberries. They both work equally well, the cranberries have a little bit more of a tang than the blueberries but both serve a great purpose in our cooking! It all begins with the gathering of the ingredients. Most recipes call for bread flour but I’m not holding anyone to that. I’ve...

French Dips aren’t French afterall, but damn they are GOOD!!!

Wildrice Cranberry YUM YUM Bread