Still Not Kosher

Still can’t quite get it right: The little ones are perfect but when it comes to a single strand braid you get one chance especially if you forget to lightly flour the strand before you try to remember how to tie a figure of eight knot. Never mind – best burger buns ever for the […]

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Nonono Bread

Triple No Bread: no knead, no prove, no shape (no good? – who said that? that boy at the back …) 80% hydration dough, hand mixed in a bowl, “kneaded” by repeatedly lifting with a nylon spatula until it falls back under its own weight, two days fermentation in the fridge, turned out onto oiled […]

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The Blob

Remember this? It turned into this: Rosemary & Seasalt Focaccia, and this: Yr Ardd Fadarch (The Mushroom Garden) Shiitake Focaccia Same old dependable 80% hydration sourdough after 48 hours in the fridge.

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Celebratin’

Yesterday was Sue’s birthday. We take birthdays seriously in this house so a feast was prepared. Champagne in the garden was gatecrashed first by Steffi (by invitation) and then, before we could hide the bottle, by Jay & Gill (boomerangs & bakers). But it was jolly nice to see them – he said through gritted […]

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Guy Clark

Never mind anything else, the saddest thing I have heard for a long time is that the great singer, songwriter Guy Clark is dead. The finest storytelling songwriter ever.

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Page 3 Boy

Well page 5 actually of Breadlines, the Breadbakers Guild of America, quarterly magazine: Yes, it’s none other than Rick Coldman, Owner Mair’s Bakehouse, Wales, UK.

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Feedback

So far this week I’ve had feedback from two satisfied customers. The first said of “Bethesdabasics – Sourdough Made Simple”: I think your paperback book is, frankly, one of the best for getting started in sourdough baking. The second said of my two day Microbakery course: My time with you just turned my bread making […]

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QED

Show your workings: equals: QED Nina’s Simple Danish Rye + Chocolate & Raisin Rye

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