Christmas Bake 01

For the three weeks before Christmas we have put together a little programme of festive breads. Wednesday was almost like the old days – only four breads instead nine but back to a 5.00 a.m. start. First I invented a “traditional” Welsh Christmas bread, simply named “Torth Nadolig” – Christmas Loaf – wheat and rye […]

Holier Than Thou

Butternut Squash, Sunflower Seed, Chile/Pane Pugliese

Microzap – Who Needs It?

Here’s a link Biker Ben just sent me. I’m thinking of using it on my socks.

Tomato2ways

Le Pain Quotidien – that old favourite Tomato Bread with Sundried Tomatoes: It’s in “Bethesdabasics” the first book, but if you haven’t come across it it was originally Rick’s (Mairs Bakehouse) idea. Take a regular recipe and replace one third of the water with tomato sauce or even just tomatoes straight from the tin. I […]

Mad Scratters

“What is a Scratter?” I hear you ask. A scratter is a machine that turns this: into this: And Mad Scratters? Yes, it’s those famous bakers and organisers of baking events, Jay & Joe moon-lighting (or maybe that should be moonshining) as cider makers. I popped over to take a few snaps and make sure […]

It’s Thanksgiving!

It is, of course, one of the most wonderful soakers imaginable – cranberries soaking in orange juice and bourbon for the famous Thanksgiving Bread. On the other hand the killer is pecans at £42.80 for 2.5 kilos. 5.30 start this morning; the things I do for our American customers. This is what the world looked […]

What is it?

Solution coming up soon!

Here is the News/Newyddion

Last week’s bread – the famous Butternut Squash, Sunflower Seed & Chile overall winner at Ludlow lots of years ago: I’ve set up a temporary blog here so that people can discuss next year’s baking weekend. At the moment we’re still waiting for someone to step up and offer to host it. It’s hard work […]

BVM2

First, to establish a bread connect since this is supposed to be a baking blog. Had a friend round for dinner last night. Sue’s starter was a parsnip & cider soup (only half the bottle came my way). This put me in mind of the Nordic Bakery Cookbook that I bought at least six months […]

Found Poem

Jeremy (hope Hurricane Sandy spared you) was talking about food as art. Well, how about this? Harriet Tarlo is a poet and teaches creative writing at Sheffield Hallam University. She’s also a friend of our friend Kathy, a baker and bought a copy of “Bethesdabasics” from me. Anyway she’s written a learned paper on H.D. […]