chocolate hot cross buns
Goddess buns. I definitely liked the sounds of that. I was doing some reading on the history of hot cross buns. Along with the obvious Christian links, the Anglo Saxon goddess Eostre is also connected....
View Articleeveryday rolls
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you might have noticed I bake a little bread… ok, rather a lot of bread. Bread making doesn’t have to be a chore. Once you get the hang of it, it … Continue...
View Articlemake it a wonderful one
It’s that time of year when there is a whole lot of fruity looking buns with crosses lingering around and a suspiciously large amount of chocolate on offer. Whether you celebrate this time of year...
View ArticleInspiration with The Sourdough Baker, Newcastle
There is a heady smell of freshly baked bread in the air as I close the little gate to the garden. The nights dew still sticks to the grass, making a soft squeaking noise underfoot. Following the...
View Articlelunch time dutch crunch
Tuna, asparagus, tomato and cheese toasted sandwich. That was my favourite sandwich of choice when I lived on a tropical island covered in goannas, snakes and partying backpackers. Perhaps an odd...
View ArticleIn my kitchen… lie honey and spelt
The kitchen floor is strewn with flour, my nails have dried dough embedded round the edges, and there is a softly residing smell of something that had vanilla in it from the oven. My kitchen, where...
View Articlethe assistent- part two (bread nerd stuff)
A few people lately have been asking me about my Assistent Original mixer and how it has fared since I got it 6 months ago. Well, what to say? I love it. I love, love, love it. Effortless. For any …...
View ArticleSchiacciata con l’uva…can you remember it?
Some time a go when I was still a girlfriend, I was introduced to a man. We exchanged names and shook hands. It was a pleasant meeting, he seemed to be a likeable fellow, and being a friend of a …...
View Articlesimple, everyday sourdough
I’m often asked for a basic sourdough recipe and for some reason I have never done a post that is just simply that. A simple, every day sourdough bread recipe. Bit of an over sight really as so …...
View Articlebusy in the kitchen
Kitchens. Oh how I love them. I really do. It’s where wonderful things are created and made. Once again, I’ve been having frequent day dreams of what my dream kitchen would look like. No detail is too...
View ArticleBeer, cheese and onion bread
Bread is one of those amazing things, that quite often take anything you really throw at it. I’d read Joanna’s post on Cheese and Onion bread last week and it had wedged in my mind. I wanted in on...
View Articleflecks of gold
a wintery afternoon light, which always makes things look just a little more bright organic face paint that creates instant tiger cubs, growling and snarling, ready to bite gingery beer with...
View ArticleA story of currant buns, mice and permaculture
When I was a little girl I used to have a poster from Autumn Story- Brambly Hedge (by Jill Barklem). I don’t know where I got it from and I don’t know where it went, but it had embedded in … Continue...
View Articlefull bellies and kitchen light
It’s that time of year where there is far too much light in my kitchen. Far too much. The kind of light that come afternoon time illuminates every fallen crumb, every slopped drop and probably a little...
View Articlebringing the bread back
I’ve made a few dud loaves lately. Distracted, not enough effort, too much effort, unhappy starter, busy…I could tick all of the above boxes. The funny thing was I felt my sourdough hat was sitting...
View Articleany day can be Cinnamon Bun Day
It seems I’d missed the boat again. Last year after seeing multiple blogs and Instagram pictures from Scandinavian bakers, I was determined to give those twisted cinnamon buns a crack. A whole year...
View Articlewhen the hunger sets in
This is what happens when you try to take pictures just before dinner time and unbeknownst to me, the hunger had already set in. I quietly took pictures, she quietly nibbled. Both doing what we...
View Articlethe bread that I had to try
Baking. There is quite a lot to love about it isn’t there. The textures, the creations, the science of it, the…eating. Rather a lot to love about the eating part of it. Sourdough for me, sits pretty...
View ArticleSticky Buns of the Spelt and Hot Cross kind
I do wonder what food memories I’m creating for my kids sometimes. I occasionally ask them if they have seen any food from other kids school lunch boxes that they might have rather liked the look of...
View ArticleKitchen Crumbs
Bench tops are groaning, the sink is over flowing, and there is rather a lot of flour wedged between the kitchen floorboards. If you can ignore the growing number of scattered crumbs and butter smeared...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....