Imagine the prospect of having homemade Challot, cakes and pies arrive on your table without even having to go to the shops to buy the ingredients and switching on your oven. Sounds too good to be true? Well if you live or are visiting Israel I may have found you just the answer… Saidel Artisan … Continue reading Saidel Artisan Baking Institute
Beer and bread have much in common, it’s basic ingredients of water, grain and yeast, bring people together to consume them and the many varieties they come in. I am actually writing this whilst on the Euro Tunnel on my way back from a mini driving tour of Holland and Belgium. Whilst Holland was lovely … Continue reading Beer Bread
‘Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom’s homemade lasagna or a memorable chocolate birthday cake, food has a way of transporting us back to the past.’ Homaro Cantu, a recently deceased famous Chef in Chicago wrote. I couldn’t agree more. Food that we associate with our … Continue reading Apple Slice: A Trip Down Memory Lane
I am not sure that I have ever met someone who doesn’t love Challah, have you? I make challah on a weekly basis and look forward to the process every week. Before the days of working full time I used to make my Challot fresh on a Friday, trying to time it so that they would … Continue reading Challah Cone
Do you ever get put off the notion of making bread because the idea of it sounds too complicated? Well I have just discovered the quickest and easiest bread to make – Irish Soda Bread. It has minimal ingredients, little time to knead and needs no more than 20 minutes to rise. It’s also milky … Continue reading Irish Soda Bread
Have you ever read a recipe wrong or read the wrong recipe but still ended up with a yummy end product and think your mistake should have been included in the original recipe? Well that happened to me this week. I was making a new recipe that I had saved from a magazine – I … Continue reading An Alcoholics Blueberry and Strawberry Hot Pot
Food has been the centre of my existence from as far back as I can remember. Food played an integral part in my upbringing. Though it wasn’t just any food, it was good, homemade food, often using recipes that were passed down from previous generations. I can honestly say that I come from a family … Continue reading A slight change in direction
I think I have just invented something new! When searching Citrus Bread on google, the main results were cakes or enriched bread loaves, which was not what mine was and therefore made me think I have created something original. I’m sure I am right in thinking if it’s not on the first search page on … Continue reading Citrus and Currant Bread
When opening a new recipe book I usually go straight to the meat dishes, but now I find myself going straight for the bread recipes. I recently received a gift of a new recipe book and it had a lovely simple recipe for Focaccia so I thought it was only right to give it a … Continue reading Mini Focaccia (Rosemary, Olive and Sundried Tomato)
HEAVEN! This is the only (polite) word that can be used to describe this bread. It is by far one of the best breads I have ever made; yes I know it’s another one of my vain comments. I think thrilled covers my reaction to the request that came in for making this bread, though … Continue reading Nutella Bread
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