Thursday 11 November 2010: 8/10
Spending armistace day in a Sikh temple participating in a conference about the Sikhs’ contribution to the armed forces was an amazing experience of humanity, generosity, and abundant food.
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Monday 8 November 2010: 7/10 day
A lack of activity on my side somewhat diminished the achievements of the day and thus the score versus Friday. It was a good day today, don’t get me wrong. I started the day by making a sourdough predough with my 1857 sourdough. I am rather obsessively testing, measuring, testing and measuring in preparation for …
The strangely mesmerising water wheel at Cann Mill
A video of the water wheel that provides 25% of the power needed at Cann Mill, home of Stoate’s flour
If you must eat white bread at least buy good flour
There are three good reasons to buy stone ground flour….
Many blessings make an 8/10 day
The lesson for an 8/10 day? Speak to those you love. Count your blessings. And a £5 000 grant helps too.
Baking bread with Ms Marmite Lover
Rainy day baking with Ms Marmite Lover and her amazing larder….
Peter Owen-Jones: Warrior. Priest.
Peter Owen-Jones has bread and conversation ranging from jam to creation with Virtuousbread.com.
Think you can’t make sourdough? Think again.
An unsponsored rant against people who make other people feel small. In this case, a professional baker told a keen amateur not to try sourdough because “she would only fail”. ARGH. NOT HELPFUL. It’s easy, read on…