I work in a Medical Research Institute, and the nature of research is that people travel a lot for their careers. My current Divisions include scientists and students from France, Germany, Switzerland, Algeria, China, New Zealand, Sweden, The Netherlands, The…
Category: bread
Planning and Pizza
I was hoping to write more here while I was on holidays, but the combination of my usual December activities, plus confectionery, plus the funeral, all followed up with several days of drainingly hot weather have left me more exhausted…
Recipe: Too Tired To Cook Veggies and Cheese on Toast
Tomorrow is my RDO, and I have every intention of spending it sleeping, because the last few weeks have been brutal. It isn’t that I don’t enjoy socialising, but it has been pretty relentless, both at home and at work.…
Recipe: Bread Pudding
This recipe comes from my Austrian grandmother, and is basically a really delicious way to use up stale bread. As a child, this was one of my favourite foods – its spicy stodginess reminded me of Christmas pudding, and it…
Recipe: Grilled Mushroom and Roast Pepper Sandwich
When I saw those glorious mushrooms at the Farmers’ Market on Sunday, I knew exactly what I’d be having for dinner sometime this week. This is basically a particularly glorious toasted sandwich, but I tend to think of it as…
For those who expressed concern earlier…
I am pleased to report that the sourdough lives. It was a bit sluggish this morning, though, so I gave it an extra feed of organic rye flour and bottled water after I removed the part I was going to…
Disaster!
I had a glass of water with my dinner, and it tasted like Adelaide water. Actually, it tasted worse than Adelaide water. I used to rather like drinking Adelaide water (It’s an acquired taste. One acquires it in order to…
Review: Wild Sourdough: The Natural Way to Bake, by Yoke Mardewi
As I type this, my sourdough starter has been living with me for eight days, and it is not dead yet! On the contrary, it’s sitting on a bench in the kitchen, looking hopeful, because tomorrow is baking day. I…
Sourdough Bread: A Life-Cycle
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It lives!
What is this strange thing that has invaded my kitchen? It rises. It bubbles. It expands so very slowly that at first you don’t realise just how scary it is. Its taste is very nearly indescribable. Sour, yes, but that…