Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse— and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness— And Wilderness is Paradise enow. Omar Khayyam was not wrong, the best pleasures are the simple ones. My favourite simple pleasures, like his, include a loaf of good bread. However, …
Author archives: Scattered Thinker
Bread Photography
See Francine Zaslow’s amazing bread images here.
25th Nov ’12: Stollen moments
Stollen has been on my “must try” list for years now. On Sunday last I decided to have a go. I knew that I had an out of code block of marzipan – I decided that if it was OK on opening, I’d forge ahead and try a Stollen. Being short of time, I had …
Staff of Life
Here is bread, which strengthens man’s heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life. Matthew Henry
21st Nov ’12: Plain White Stoneground
It feels slightly strange to be working backwards but catching up in the right order would have been tedious, I think. I have been blogging my baking exploits elsewhere and only today elected to separate this part of my life out into a new blog. At some point I’ll summarise how we got here in …
27 Nov ’12: no-recipe bread
Came home yesterday from Spinning Group with fresh yeast and a plan. We had been discussing group purchasing flour in bulk. Time, I thought, to use up some elderly stock. My first delivery from Bakery Bits had arrived and in it, among other things, were a couple of proving baskets and some malted wheat flakes. …