Andrew Janjigian

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bread-pilled he/him writing 'Breaducation: The Science and Practice of Bread Baking,' for Ten Speed Press (November 2026) Recipe?: newsletter.wordloaf.org Shop: shop.wordloaf.org Two wheels good Our fair city avatar by Edith Zimmerman

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Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· 24d

just a small fraction of the brioches I made while working on my bread book

a 3x3 grid of photographs, each one an overhead image of a half-loaf of brioche below a single slice from each loaf, on an antique wooden cutting board. some are better than others

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· 27d

here's the analog/mopier version

a photograph of Rax King in a white ribbed dress, posing against a chain link fence in a Cheesecake Factory parking lot

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· 28d

bread, beans, and greens

an overhead photo of a ceramic bowl containing red beans, braised collards, and three slices of toast

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· Jul 11

Hirschfeldmaxxing

an Al Hirschfeld caricature of Cary Grant

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· Jul 3

Who's coming to see @bookishjulia.bsky.social and me on the 16th at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social? Can't wait to hear all about her new book, just in time for the season of abundance!

A photograph of a woman ladling a bright red liquid through a strainer into a jar, with the words:

"DR. JULIA SKINNER
IN CONVERSATION WITH ANDREW JANJIGIAN
HARVARD BOOKSTORE CAMBRIDGE, MA JULY 16 7-8 PM
A CELEBRATION OF HER NEW BOOK, ESSENTIAL FOOD PRESERVING"

on it.

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· Jun 24

Reminds me of this, which is not AI (and which would be amazing)

A fantasy subway map connecting the "Cape Cod and the Islands Metropolitan Area"

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· Jun 20

Advertise your Bluesky account with a Simpsons image (I mean I always do, but sure)

A screen cap from the Simpsons of an academic campus with banners over a gateway reading:

"Wordloaf literary conference
Warning: Philip Roth may be moody"

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· Jun 13

my feed is cats not bread now, sorry

an overhead photo two kittens on a white blanket, one dozing, the other looking up at the camera

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· Jun 11

being super productive today

a photograph of a tiny kitten climbing up a computer monitor trying to get at what is on the screen

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· Jun 10

this was them and their sibs a month ago

four teeny kittens at a screen door, looking mean

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· Jun 10

They seem to be settling in

An overhead of me on the couch, with a kitten on my lap and another dozing next to me

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· Jun 10

new roommates just dropped

two tiny black and grey tabby kittens on a bookshelf underneath a window

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· Jun 4

Sourdough gochujang taralli. Recipe assist from the Italian cookie queen, @domenicacooks.bsky.social.

An overhead shot of a rectangular plate containing a bunch of ring-shaped, orange-colored crackers, sitting on an antique wooden cutting board

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· Jun 1

First bake using Coastal Queen "Migration" all-purpose flour, a roller milled soft bread flour

An overhead shot of a well-baked, crusty sourdough loaf, on an antique wooden cutting board.

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· May 28

The Diggers seem cool

A scan of an old classified add from a San Francisco alt weekly, reading:

CONTINUING

•FREE BAKERY: Wanted-people to share our bread. Need empty 1-lb. coffee cans and a scale (up to 25 lbs.) All Saint's Church, 1350 Waller, SF, info 362-6374, Spons Diggers.

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· May 28

It's KOWN!

a vintage school wall chart depicting the biology and life cycle of corn

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· May 28

this one is for @darthbluesky.bsky.social

a vintage school chart depicting the biology, anatomy, life cycle, and pests of the humble but perfect potato

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· May 28

I do not have the wall space, but

a photograph of a vintage school wall chart depicting the biology and life cycle of a rye plant

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· May 28

particularly those related to (obvs) grain

A photograph of a vintage school wall chart, depicting the life cycle of a wheat leaf rust fungus

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· May 28

current obsession: vintage European school scientific wall charts

A photograph of a vintage school wall chart depicting plant cell anatomy and growth

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· May 23

A fake title card from Star Trek, the original series, with the word "Quadrotriticale!" on it

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· May 18

Finished my first new recipe since completing my book, this one for a future issue of Cake Zine: panade au chocolat, a dessert version of my favorite use for old bread. It's midway in texture between a bread pudding and pot de crème, and as delicious as it is unphotographable.

A photograph of a bowl containing a mound of chocolate panade (bread pudding sans eggs) topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, below an oval, powder blue Dutch oven containing a larger amount of the panade.

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· May 7

guess which bread nerd got to wander around a field of grains today

a closeup photograph of a field of grains (in this case, triticale, a hybrid of wheat and rye)

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· May 5

I also got to meet my wonderful editor Claire Yee in person for the first time after two years of working together. She showed me proofs of the cover they are still fiddling with.

A photograph of a woman with long black hair, standing over a desk covered with variations of covers from a bread book (mine)

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· May 5

Yesterday I got to visit Ten Speed Press world HQ and look what I found

a photograph of a modern office with couches in the foreground

a zoomed in version of the previous image, showing a bulletin board on the back of a desk devider, with book cover images tacked on it

a further zoomed in image, showing six book covers

a further further zoomed in image, with one book cover image at the center (mine, aka "Breaducation")

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· Apr 10

Many are asking

an AI-generated image (not mine!) of a smiling chef with weird fingers holding a giant yellow sponge, cradling a giant box of baking soda (with garbled AI text on it), with the words "to Safe to Bake with Baking Soda? Skiing Soad?" over it

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· Apr 8

That's pretty much what I said to this nice person the other day, after sharing a raw post about how hard it was to write a book over the last three years

A screenshot of a comment reading "Probably not a good idea to insult half your book buying audience with politics ahead of a new book coming out you want to sell."

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· Apr 5

Happy Armenian atheist Easter from me and my choreg

an overhead shot of a braided, sesame-seed coated enriched bread, on an antique wooden cutting board

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· Apr 5

The Hujar contact sheet book is a companion to a show opening at the Morgan Library next month: www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/...

A contact sheet of black and white square images of Susan Sontag laying on a bed, taken by Peter Hujar

Andrew Janjigian@wordloaf· Apr 3

Those who have been around me for a long time know that I am a serial, overlapping, & obsessive hobbyist: mycology, bread, photography, cycling, to name a few. The latest addition to this list is growing cacti from seed