Sourdough Septembre

I’m probably being a bit indiscreet letting you in on this but I’m actually over here doing a bit of undercover work for Le Front pour le Pain Vrai promoting pain au levain worldwide for one month only – it’s all a bit, ‘ow you say, ‘ush ‘ush. So I’ve been parachuted in (well, it’s […]

What am I Missing

Erhmmm …. Lately I’ve been so lax about posting anything on my blog I’m surprised anyone checks in at all so 25 hits a day is not unusual. So far today I’ve had 280. What’s occuring?

Arcachon 2014

We’re in France for four weeks. Couldn’t risk people thinking we were taking part in Real Bread Campagne’s Sourdough September by doing what we do all year round.That’s us under the red roof below the spire with some ignorant member of the public standing on OUR private steps. What can you do …

On the other hand …

What counts is what the customer sees at 6.00p.m.

Senior Moment(s)

How many mistakes can you make with a simple mix? Three any good? Just before I got up this morning I thought, why not make some Marakesh Flatbreads? Gert wants some next week so a dress rehearsal wouldn’t go amiss plus I could take some to the friends who have invited us to dinner tonight. […]

Perfect Loaf

Isn’t it lovely I can say that because I didn’t bake it. It was Jay, soon-to-be-professional-baker, who popped in for the empties a couple of days back and dropped off a loaf. Jay (surname Butters) says his kids think the bakery should be called “Bread & Butters” – I think “Butters the Bread” is better. […]

BakeryBollocks

It’s not my fault. That Marcus sent me this link knowing full well I wouldn’t be able to resist passing it on to you. He was lamenting the continuing hype and missinformation put out about bread and this is a good example. Apart from the fact that starters are affected by local yeasts and bacteria […]

Grand Slam II

Gert’s just trying to be different this week – the menu is Welsh. Seaweed I said? Two years ago I created Warburton’s Grand Slam in honour of Wales great victory. Just in case that means nothing to you, the game is rugby, the series is the Six Nations and Wales beat every other nation in […]

Weird Dutch Bread

If you follow this blog you willl know, 1. I bake a small batch weekly for Gert, a Dutch chef whose menus range the world settling in each location for one week only, and that, 2. he translated a series of eight weird Dutch sourdough recipes that I’m slowly working through. Let us say they […]

GFU (Explicit)

You’re right, I’ve been a bit quiet of late. But that’s better than posting stuff for the sake of it. Apart from the Big Gig, which I shall get round to writing about, it’s been a little procession of nice students on bread courses – and they’ve all been local for a change. First there […]