Plaits & Cats

Or, how to get rid of customers. That is, teach them to bake. Steffi has been a good friend and neighbour to us for ten years and finally came round to check out the bread baking aroma that wafts from our windows for an Introduction to Sourdough Course. In addition to the usual Pain de […]

People Pix

Sue giving me that “don’t-play-with-your-camera-at-the-table” look (fabulous lunch she cooked): Legs, guardian of the Western defences: Two birthday people at Bethesdabakin’ 5 in 2011. Nina’s birthday yesterday: Jeremy, birthday today:Gert, over from the Netherlands at lunch on Sunday. Gert hosted us for a Bethesdabakin’ Lite in Caernarfon a few years back and bought loads of […]

Cloche Encounters I

This was all started by that Jay Butters. He sidled up to me like a dodgy salesman at my birthday party (why yes, it was my 70th birthday the other week, I though you knew?) and muttered out of the side of his mouth, “Can I interest you in a cloche?”, “A what?”, “A cloche. […]

Something Lurking in the Porch

Nothing to worry about. It’s our old friend Pane Pugliese: And it’s the eighth anniversary of the blog …

Birthday Boys

As you can’t have helped noticing it was my 70th birthday on 17 February. As well as being taken out to lunch by Sue, she also gave me a big wad of dosh to buy my first DSLR (Canon 100D) + the complete oevre of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Then there was the matter […]

Three Score & Ten

The Wreckage – all that was left the following day. The day before the wreckage was my 70th Birthday Party otherwise know as Bethesdabrunchin’. That’s the trouble with bakers – you invite a load of them from all round the country for a Sunday afternoon and bugger me if they don’t all turn up. It […]

St Valentine’s Day

2K of Lurve …

Customer Endorsement

“Best bread I ever had!” enthuses Trudie, my newest customer. Well, to be honest, it’s the only bread she’s ever had: And she can’t actually speak yet. But I predict her first words will include “Micks” and “Sour” and “Dough”. Well, “Bethesdabakers Naturally Leavened Bread” is too much to expect at that age. It’s quite […]

Square(ish) Bread

Someone, can’t remember who, recently posted a vid of a baker demonstrating shaping a square loaf. Well I’m attracted to simple things so I had to have a go. Not sure it will catch on …

Nina’s

Nina’s Bread with Dark Beer & Spelt fresh from the oven 10 minutes ago. This is my original baked at the first Bethesdabakin’ weekend August 2007. Baked in Rick’s amazing, not just built in a day, but fired and churning out bread and pizza for the masses in a day, oven. Some good friendships made […]