Christopsomo III

Two chunks of my first trial loaf have been sitting on a shelf in the kitchen in a polythene bag since it was baked about six weeks ago. During that time it has endured extremes of temperature during baking days and freezing nights. I thought it was time to see how it was getting on […]

Sunshine II

If you don’t like the view from the front door: You’ve always got the view from the back door (if we had one).

Sunshine

At last – a little sunshine in the bakery! Red Onion & Green Olive Focaccia (with Big G’s Embrocation). Paul Merry’s Normandy Rye Cider.

Black Bean Bread with Jalapeños & Coriander

From left-over soup to production number in one movement. No Lepard-like subtlety at Bethesdabakers. On sale today.

Today’s Snow (for Zeb)

View from the bakery window. I know it’s wimpish but we decided to eat indoors today

Black Bean Soup Bread

What happens when you substitute 4 day old (and possibly fermenting) black bean soup for the water in your Pain de Campagne? Black Bean Soup Bread. For this weeks main special I’m going to add frijoles refritos, jalapanos and fresh corriander.

Bethesda Town Square

We’re very forward looking in Bethesda – I think. Several years ago there was a plan to regenerate the village. The main A5 comes curving through the village as the High Street, and the shops, which are mainly four storeys high, form pretty much an unbroken wall for its full length. So the radical plan […]

Happy New Year

The Men & The Fields

Here’s an extract from “Men and the Fields”, a description of farming in the East of England county of Suffolk, written by Adrian Bell in 1939 (Little Toller Books – ISBN 978-0-9562545-2-8): “Then there was the baking in this cottage with its brick oven. The father at this time of year used to be given […]

Christopsomo II

This is just to wind up Jeremy while I decide whether or not to give him the recipe. And the ingredients: