Not in my backyard!

Well, near enough. Advert from local rag: Anglesey, Island of Abattoires, now has a bread factory full of “French Master Bakers” producing “authentic French bread and pastries” including that well-known French bread, Ciabatta. Check out the website http://www.pvfrance.com Do I feel threatened! Thank god for the Menai Straits. Mick

Overheard …

… on Bangor High Street last weekend. Very large tough looking man hand-in-hand with tiny daughter in pink tutu, “No, parrots fly, pirates don’t”.

Must be Autumn …

In our rather overrun garden we have a solitary apple tree, a Cox’s Orange Pippin, that I bought for Sue’s birthday a number of years ago. Never been sprayed but not certified organic. Once, or sometimes twice a year, that means Pain des Pommes. I used to oven-dry a load of apples and rehydrate them […]

Gwyl Afon Ogwen River Festival

Our friends (& customers) Pam & Jeremy organised the first ever river festival in Bethesda. It was a brilliant success – art at several venues on the High Street and photographs in shop windows, river walks, bat walks, classical and rock gigs, etc. Our contribution was to organise a baking competition – a strange experience. […]

Martin Pryor asks “Where’s the book?”

Martin posted the following but it ended up as a comment on something unrelated so I’ve moved it up here: I am just setting up a new part-time bakery, so the web site is a work in progress. Visited your site and just found this blog. I have a similar intention only bake at the […]

Phil Joy’s Roast Potato & Onion Bread

Sorry – I’ve been neglecting the blog – there’s just too much going on. Fantastic weekend a couple of week’s back at the Dales Dough Do – not only are there a lot of good bakers around, they’re good company too. Joe, Martin and Caroline did an excellent job of organising. Made a new friend […]

Repertoire

Not the full list but this is most of the repertoire I use for Bethesdabakers customers: Regulars Pain de Campagne (& baguettes) Mick’s Classic Sourdough Wholemeal 5 Seed with Spelt Multigrain Specials Apple & Sesame Bread Bara CK Bread Black Bean with Herbs & Jalepeños Black Olive Bread Butternut Squash, Sunflower Seed & Chile Cassis/Currant […]

Shepherd’s Pie – for Jeremy

Well, Jeremy’s always posting pictures of very chefie food on the Stir the Pots blog. So here’s some peasant food for him: A humble shepherd’s pie. But it was made with the remains of yesterdays Pierna de Carnero Adobada – lamb stuffed with raisins and almonds in a sauce with ancho and mulato chiles. I […]

Mr Lepard’s Conjoined

Conjoined quins of D. Lepard’s very fine Potato, Rosemary and Black Onion Seed bread: According to our Asian grocer, the Qur’an says that black onion seed cures all ills so that some people take a little every day. Also made yesterday, the celebrated Seigle d’Auvergne: All neat and spivvy in their shiny clingfilm suits.

Joe Firebeard’s Concoction

Hearing from Firebeard in the brioche post reminded me of a splendid concoction he made at Mair’s Big Bake last year: Looks like it should be in an Italian ice cream parlour but it’s all bread. Joe and his mate Birdbread are hosting this year’s bread event up in North Yorkshire which we are looking […]