We all grow up with family traditions based around certain times of year – birthdays, special events, cultural holidays etc, but as an adult, you get to choose which traditions you carry on and share with your family or indeed which ones you choose to leave behind. The creation of […]
Tag: dough
Focaccia bread with rosemary
Comments are DisabledEvery so often now I catch myself making a comment about just about any yeast-based dough recipes and saying, “ach I can do that”. I say catch myself because as regular readers here will know, there was a time when making bread seemed like some sort of magical, dark art to me. […]
An adventure with sourdough
2 commentsI have been on the most epic adventure over the last few weeks. Well I say few weeks, in truth this adventure started last year but it didn’t pan out, so I’ve chosen to completely gloss over it and pretend it didn’t happen. So last few weeks it is, and […]
If you love Pizza, you’ll love making your own
Comments are DisabledI love pizza, I make pizza a lot, so when I had a random conversation with a colleague from work, Suzie, yesterday where we were talking about making bread and she admitted she’s never tried to make pizza, I promised to do a quick blog post with my recipe so […]
The traditional Cottage Loaf – bake it yourself
2 commentsThe cottage loaf is a traditional British loaf shape from the Victorian era and possibly even earlier although it’s rarely seen in shops these days. I use my standard bread recipe but this loaf is shaped by putting a small ball of dough on top of a bigger one to […]
Pizza Muffins – all the pizza goodness but in a handy munch sized format
Comments are DisabledEverybody loves pizza. It’s one of the facts of the world but sometimes you want that pizza hit but maybe you don’t want to eat a whole pizza (I can’t imagine that’s ever true). So the solution, Pizza Muffins. Pizza muffins are really simple to make and are a brilliant […]



