Tag Archives: goodness
Everards Brewery helps people set up home baking businesses in Leicester
Posted on 27. Oct, 2011 by virtuousbread.
What is a social enterprise? Social enterprises exist to benefit society; but they are not necessarily charities. There are two sides to a social enterprise - the "social" bit and the "enterprise" bit. Social enterprises need to make money because they need to spend to help benefit society and because the people who run them [...]
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Learn to bake sourdough bread in North Norfolk
Posted on 15. Aug, 2011 by virtuousbread.
Take a sourdough bread baking class in North Norfolk. You will learn to bake sourdough bread and crackers using simple, wholesome ingredients, leaving the class with confidence, plenty of ideas, and bread to take home! Learn how to proof sourdough bread in a basket, understand why it is sometimes easier to proof sourdough bread in [...]
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Learn to bake sourdough bread in Leicester
Posted on 15. Aug, 2011 by virtuousbread.
Take a sourdough baking course in Leicester. You will learn to bake sourdough bread and crackers using simple, wholesome ingredients, leaving the class with confidence, plenty of ideas, and bread to take home! Learn how to proof sourdough bread in a basket, understand why it is sometimes easier to proof sourdough bread in a tin, [...]
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Learn to bake bread in Norfolk
Posted on 15. Aug, 2011 by virtuousbread.
Take a baking course in Norfolk. You will learn to bake bread using simple, wholesome ingredients, leaving the class with confidence, plenty of ideas, and bread to take home! Classes cost £60.00 and include all materials, expert tuition and a lovely lunch. Schedule May Friday 18th May 10 a.m - 2 p.m Monday 28th 10 am [...]
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Learn to Bake Bread in Leicester
Posted on 15. Aug, 2011 by virtuousbread.
Take a baking course in Leicester. You will learn to bake bread using simple, wholesome ingredients, leaving the class with confidence, plenty of ideas, and bread to take home! Classes cost £60.00 and include all materials, expert tuition and a lovely yummy tastings. Schedule April Thursday 26th 10 am - 2 pm May Tuesday [...]
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Satish Kumar on Baking and Breaking Bread
Posted on 15. Jul, 2011 by virtuousbread.
"Bread is sacred", Satish Kumar says. "It is a holy thing. And because it requires all four elements to make it, it is the macrocosm in microcosm. Thich Nhat Hann describes it as the body of the cosmos, and I think that is very apt. When I eat it I am very aware that I [...]
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Baking bread and making berry jam = heaven
Posted on 13. Jun, 2011 by virtuousbread.
Even in the heart of London it is possible to feel a bit like you are living off the land. Great ingredients are not too far away and, although I would find it a challenge to pick and grind my own grain for the bread, it is as easy as anything to pick fruit and [...]
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Chickens, kittens and eggs in a fine cosmic balance
Posted on 27. May, 2011 by virtuousbread.
"Which chicken?" The characteristic I-swallowed-a-trombone-for-my-breakfast voice of Pete rumbled down the line. This was in response to the frantic "I killed a chicken and I am so sorry" message that I left earlier in the day. To be absolutely honest, that was not my message. My message went more like this: "Pete, it's Jane here. [...]
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Teens love baking – it’s official – it’s “sick” (that’s a good thing…)
Posted on 03. May, 2011 by virtuousbread.
What to do with teens over a week end at the end of school holidays. Been there, done that - nothing exciting to do ever again. Mope Mope Mope Mope Mope - is anyone familiar with this story or is it just us? Last week end teen terrors were at their zenith - as were [...]
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Seventh from The Italian Bread Project – Sourdough pane di Genzano
Posted on 03. May, 2011 by virtuousbread.
The Italian Baker by Carol Field just keeps on giving. I have had a break from the Italian Bread Project for a few weeks but have come back to it after a discombobulating Easter and Royal Wedding double bill. Sourdough pane di Genzano is sensational. Like all these bread recipes it turns out an incredible [...]





