Bread and baking
How to shape the perfect ciabatta
Before you look closely at the photos, there is a health warning here: These ciabattas are made with rubbish, industrially milled, bleached, all purpose white flour, the likes of which is all too readily available in Mexico City where I happened to be when I baked them. They are not made with gorgeous Italian or
Learn to bake bread in Berkshire
Earlier in the year we introduced Lucie Steel who bakes and teaches in a reconditioned sea container in her garden in Berkshire. Her business, Birch Cottage Bakery has gone from strength to strength and she is now the “go to” person for real bread bread and real bread classes in the county! Here are some
What is the best thing to bake bread in?
We frequently get asked, “what is the best think to bake bread in?” and the answer we always give is: it depends. Depends what you have. Depends what you are trying to achieve. Depends what your dough it like. Depends what you like! If you want square sandwiches, better bake in a tin with straight
Where to get good bread in Mexico City
Enrique found an article about good bread in Mexico City in the inflight magazine of his Aeromexico flight from Monterrey. Kind of excited because we had not heard of all of the bakeries, we went on a little bread safari a few week ends ago. Deciding to pick off Colonia Roma, we started our safari
If you want good bread, go to the market
Everybody loves French Bread. I have never known exactly why because after a day or two of bread in France I get utterly bored. Yes, a good baguette is good (and a bad one is bad and most of them are bad, by the way…) but – REALLY – there is more to life than
Easy recipe for Montreal bagels
Further to the recent fixation on bagels – including posts on what is the perfect bagel, and reviews of the South Street Bagel Bakery and Spread Bagelry in Philadelphia, I have finally had time to write up the recipe for Montreal bagels that will appear in The Book of Buns – available for pre order
What to do in Philadelphia
In a little deviation from bread, I just have to take a moment and tell you that I love Philly. Philadelphia is simply a great town. There is a ton of culture (galleries, live music venues, theatres, concert halls, art in public buildings), are wonderful restaurants (and plenty of room for more), plenty of history,