Nearly one year ago I received an e mail from a woman called Liz Siena. She is an American who has long lived in London and who volunteers at a centre for refugee women in South London. She found Virtuous Bread because she had an idea… “Wouldn’t it be nice to help (a refugee woman)
In a digression from posts about bread, today’s is a short post about virtue – the other half of Virtuous Bread, the organisation that has its roots in insomnia, sourdough obsession, and The Virtue Project, which determined that virtue is the set of behaviours we see when we are forming and maintaining progressive and positive
Poor David Cameron – he just isn’t Margaret Thatcher who famously knew the price of everything both because she was a shop keeper’s daughter and because she remained very connected to the everyday concerns of people trying to manage on a budget. David Cameron, on the other hand, has shown that he has not bought
Sorry folks, what started as a write up of a great bakery in Monterrey and ended as a bit of a rant. Stay tuned to read about a great bakery in Monterrey doing their amazing bit to create dignified employment and sell great bread to the lucky people who live there. But until then, read
Virtuous Bread helps people make and find and learn about good bread and in so doing to forge the link between bread and virtue. The 3 years of operation have seen countless posts about bread, flour, milling and baking; bread baking recipes, videos, and books; thoughtful speeches, challenges, and rants at events around the world;
In March 2013, Virtuous Bread received funding from Ex Cell and the Hope Foundation to give the Bread Angel course 6 ex offenders, teaching them the essentials of setting up a micro bakery. Here we catch up with one of them, Francesca Barker, The Barker Baker. In one word, how would you describe your life
Gaye Whitwam has been teaching children how to cook for years. Her business is called Sticky Mitts and she is delighted to have been teaching the same children for years – watching them grow up as she helps them prepare good food. A couple of years ago she became a Bread Angel and now bakes
Wow, it’s been a long time coming, a 2013 message. Three years since VB started twinkling in my eye. Two years since I began to teach the very first Bread Angels and one year since the first Bread Angels started teaching others. Virtuous Bread provides training for people to create meaningful employment opportunities for themselves
Lisa Wilson’s bread class, held in cooperation with The Peabody trust, ignited a real passion for baking in Paulette. She found the nutritional information regarding real bread to be informative and soon set to work perfecting her bread making skills. She discovered baking developed her confidence and self belief. Demystifying the process and helped her
Baba is originally from Ghana and is curious about different types of flour, ingredients and the health and nutritional benefits of good bread. Baba came to the baking course run by Lisa Wilson, Bread Angel and founder of Eventful Bread, wanting to be a master baker. He used to work at a bank but six