MACAD·ISH

The log · Singapore

Journal

Every bake gets a page — flour, water, salt, times, temperatures, and what went wrong. The useful entries are the failures.

  1. Trial 1430 Aug 202662% hydration

    Forty-eight hours cold, and what it cost me

    Extending the cold proof from 24 to 48 hours opened the crumb and flattened the flavour. Both, from one change.

  2. Trial 1117 Aug 2026

    My oven lies by 40 degrees

    Six probe readings against the dial, and the correction curve I now bake to.

  3. Method02 Aug 2026

    Why I weigh water to the gram and still use my hands

    The case for measuring everything you can, so you can trust yourself on everything you cannot.