Enabling positive, sustainable change
On Friday 30 September the MacMillan Cancer trust is sponsoring the world’s biggest coffee morning to raise money for cancer. For those of you who LOVE sweets and cakes and HATE them at the same time, why not take some Read More …
The travelling bread oven has just come back from Firle, E Sussex where I spent a glorious few days at the vicarage there, guest of the vicar who is called Pete. Pete is a fascinating chap with a passion for Read More …
Today is my friend Sue’s 70th birthday party and yes, she and her husband of 87 are catering it themselves. There promises to be the most amazing feast of coronation chicken, cooked ham, poached salmon, salads, mirangues, cream, strawberries and Read More …
A couple of weeks ago I went to Belfast for the very first time. I went at the invitation of Lynne McClelland who loves bread and wanted to become a bread angel. A couple of other lovely ladies had heard Read More …
“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 Read More …
The travelling bread oven loves to demonstrate the sense of wonder, enchantment and achievement that comes with baking bread. Very little is more satisfying than teaching this to kids and teens. There is a natural sense of achievement in seeing Read More …
Sadly the rain it raineth every day here at the castle today. What this means for us is that we are getting wet. What this means for the bread is that it is taking longer to rise because it is Read More …
Oh No! What is the world coming to! The travelling bread oven decends on Germany and makes bread in the castle! The MLOVE ConFestival kicks off today – a celebration of the mobile industry and an opportunity to think about Read More …
At a dinner party the other day I learned about Focaccia di Recco. It is not Focaccia as we know it (but as we know by now, Italy is not one single country). It is a dish made of thin Read More …
One of the questions I am frequently asked is, “what is 00 flour and how does it compare to English flour?” This is swiftly followed by, “I am making focaccia/ciabatta/white bread out of the strong, stone ground English bread flour Read More …