The staff of life. Bread connects every human, transcending continents, countries, creeds and clans. The COVID-19 outbreak appears to have encouraged a resurgence in home baking (and a run on flour amongst other basic staples). There are many different types of bread, but I'm obsessed with classic sourdough bread - the old way of baking using a … Continue reading Lockdown Sourdough
Recipes
Cardamom Buns
As much as I've tried to avoid baking sweet things, I do love the reaction I get when I share these treats with friends and family. The festive season has been the ideal time to test, tweak and perfect the recipe, although it's a frightfully early start if you want to get them on the … Continue reading Cardamom Buns
Baked Feta
"What's your signature dish?" A fairly ubiquitous question which I have to admit I loath hearing as a result of routinely struggling to think of a satisfactory answer. Why? I suspect it's because I'm far more interested in exploring new and exciting dishes than honing one in particular, but if you were to ask me … Continue reading Baked Feta
Curried Popcorn
Inspired and tweaked from a Stéphane Reynaud recipe, this is a surprising twist on the norm. Popcorn can be a reasonably healthy snack, although the classic styles are far from it. Popping your own corn couldn't be simpler - just heat a little oil in a large pan until shimmering, add the corn kernels and … Continue reading Curried Popcorn
Pangrattato
Everyone should have homemade pangrattato in their store cupboard. It ticks so many culinary boxes: easy to makeeasy to storevirtually freeabsolutely deliciousimproves a plethora of dishesreduces food wasteyou can't buy it in the shops It's remarkably satisfying, so why wouldn't you!?! What is it? A literal translation from Italian would be 'grated bread' - basically, … Continue reading Pangrattato
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