It’s #BlueMonday. I didn’t know there was such a thing, and as with all these sorts of days, I’m not sure who designated it so. Probably someone trying to sell you something to cheer you up. Rest assured, I’m not going to do that. All I will say is if the weather is as rotten …
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Beetroot, caraway & goat’s cheese bread.
First of all an admission. Under any other circumstances than this recipe, I don’t like beetroot and I certainly wouldn’t expect to find it cropping up here again in a hurry. For a long time now we’ve subscribed to a regular organic veg box service. Great at the best of times and an absolute godsend …
Bake Off bread week
Bake Off bread week feels as if it marks the point in the series when the basics have been covered. We started with cake, followed with biscuits and now bread means that the things we’re all most likely to bake at home have been ticked off. Desserts and pies are the only bakes you can …
Harissa, feta and olive buns
Adaptability has been the keyword for me in the kitchen these last 12 months. As much as I love pouring over cookery books before embarking on a new project, this has been a time for recipes that act as a loose starter but then leave you to go your own way. Recipes that make use …
Great British Bake Off 2020 week 3
There’s something about making bread that almost acts as a dividing line between bakers. There aren’t many amongst us who won’t make the occasional cake, maybe now and again have a go at some scones and if feeling really adventurous there might be a special occasion pie. Bread is different though, no one just seems …
Baking buzz
With the nights drawing in and the coronavirus news getting bleaker by the day there has never felt like a better time for the return of Bake Off. For the next ten weeks on a Tuesday evening, we can pull the curtains, pour a cup of tea, cut a slice of cake and collectively all …
My Saturday baking
Some days are for full-blown baking projects, others are more a case of checking what you’ve got in the kitchen, then deciding what to bake. Today is straddling both camps. We have another birthday coming up in the house and I’m back on cake making duty. This one defiantly falls into the project camp. A …
A few chinks of light
If I hear one more person say ‘this is the new normal’ I swear I’m going to scream, or at least walk off with a petulant flounce. Given the way things change on a daily basis and how the UK is coming out of lockdown in such a seemingly ad-hoc and random manner I don’t …
Sharing bread with my father.
As part of the creative writing course I’m currently doing we were asked yesterday to come up with two lists relating to the current situation. One showing the positives we think are coming out of it and the other listing the negatives. After much thought and head scratching I was half way down the page …
Banana bread
I’m sure that at the moment we all have stories we can tell about people who are doing something to help in these difficult times. Whether it’s looking out for neighbours who need extra support, putting themselves in front of the public everyday as they keep a food store open or just in general working …
David in the kitchen. 