Malted grain, multiseeded sourdough loaf - for friends

There, you see, I haven't forgotten all about bread, although I'm eating less of it in my attempt to fit into my clothes better. Tha...

Sourdough - baking a yeasted loaf

When I started this series of posts, I mentioned that you can use sourdough starter in a yeasted loaf for structure and flavour, or on its o...

Sourdough - the starter reaches adulthood.

So here it is. Your starter has been bubbling away, becoming ever more alive over the last 10 days. You've nurtured it, fed it, talked ...

Sourdough update - and some sunshine

This is supposed to be a quick follow up post in the whole 'making bread using a sourdough starter' that I kicked off last week, but...

New Years Resolutions - or not - and Sourdough revisited

New Year Resolutions? Not for me, I'm afraid - I have failed too many times with those things I have resolved to do because one year has...

River Cottage Christmas Bread Course

In April this year, I was 40. The Husband took me to Venice , and we had a brilliant party (well, I thought it  was brilliant - it was just...

A new bread guru (I'm so fickle)

For this week’s bread, I decided to leave Dan and go back to Hugh – well, to the River Cottage Bread handbook (number 3 in the River Cottage...