Sometimes I still get a sort of stagefright before a bake even though I’m entering my tenth year of baking for sale – the fear that you are about to attempt something that’s physically impossible – not just because of the aging body but also the size of the fridge for retarding and the ovens […]

Parmesan & Courgette Flatbread. Can only be seen in “Sourdough – your guidebook to the world of Naturally Leavened Bread”. No worries about cloud cover.

2 kilo Pain de Campagne taken from my new “Sourdough – your guide to the world of Naturally Leavened Bread”. Available shortly (just got to run a couple of bread courses first).

Remember this one? Bara CK bread – baked to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama for his first term so it must be eight years ago (bara being Welsh for bread). Cranberries soaked in bourbon and pecans. I think this loaf even has a slight resemblance to his long, thin face. It’s hard to do […]

… ring in the new. No, I don’t mean Trump. Just finished a total revision of Bethesdabasics, renamed … well read the cover photo! Available as a pdf any minute.

Sorry I’ve been so quiet. For us holidays are time of reflection and Grand Plans as well as a bit (lot) of excess. As you get older plans become less grand because you’d better cram it in while the going’s good. So just when I decide I should concentrate on writing, rather than baking and […]

Yes, yesterday was our 40th anniversary of living together. We’re doing all right …

Only a couple of days left so have a late postcard: Trois boules is usually vanille, chocolat, pistache but these are olives grecques

Not just bread. We do some fierce cooking in Arcachon. Today was the annual Sole Meuniere  bash. Instant serving no pics I’m afraid but it was seriously good. Few days back Sue did a perfect Sea Bass on the grill. My seafood paella also cooked on the barbie was pretty exceptional. But the next day, […]