One of my recently purchased baking books is The Italian Baker, Revised: The Classic Tastes of the Italian Countryside–Its Breads, Pizza, Focaccia, Cakes, Pastries, and Cookies. I shall be reviewing it soon. One of the things that I have taken from it so far is that the Italians will not waste bread. Bread is Life …
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Leek and Potato Soup
Few things partner good fresh bread better than a hearty bowl of home-made soup. I need an early and light lunch today as I plan to walk out immediately after and head to my Knit & Natter group meeting. Soup and a roll usually fits that bill. A quick root in the refrigerator revealed some …
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 …
White and Strange – part 1
I’m living in a white and white world today and it’s all very strange…
It’s soft, it’s white, it’s fluffy – and only slightly flaky
Inspired by our recent snowfalls, there is a new project on the needles. It’s not going perfectly just yet, so I’ll not disclose too much in case it goes off to the frog pond never to return.
The good news is that it is simple (ish), perfectly beautiful (if I execute it correctly) and it comes from stash.