Clik here to view.
this is the wind that blows dead cats away, blow
Back from latest adventures/wanderings/encounters back to the kitchen and my beloved bread and butter job that is maison djeribi. Baked some family bread but no cakes in my absence from Knockvicar,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
handmade spelt sourdough bread
We like our own bread very well cooked, “bien cuit”, obviously. I like working with spelt flour, it took me a very long time to feel confident with it, but I enjoyed—and still enjoy—my apprenticeship....
View ArticleClik here to view.
sourdough heart !
kneaded by hand, of course.Filed under: bread for life, food, life, words
View ArticleClik here to view.
the road ahead
I started this blog—a little reluctantly—a number of years ago primarily as a place for my customers to check if I was going to be in the garden. Tomorrow will be my last day there, but since this blog...
View ArticleClik here to view.
staying near (and how to ? make good porridge)
So I am making our Christmas pudding today, on the Winter solstice, as this is when I decide to stop the usual run of things, set homework aside, and dedicate all energy to Christmas preparations. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
gathering hay, barefoot
There has been so much sun this year, to dry the soil and the cut grass, methodically, to allow all work to be carried out in the calmest fashion. The barn is full. I heard there was a Summer like...
View ArticleClik here to view.
small steps, regular breathing
Slow start of the year here but that’s the best we can do, feeling cold and tired often but thankfully confident and spirited, being quietly strong, for the children and for the animals, being quietly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
making things by hand
I’m not a Bagel eater nor a Bagel maker but I could not tire of watching skilled hands at work. A gem from the Brooklyn Public Library found on excellent blog Diary of a Tomato.Filed under: bread for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
the throw-it-all-in (easy) Bread
I am a sourdough bread baker through and through, a virulent wild-fermentator, and an occupational cook—as inspired from the tenets of occupational therapy, what would be referred elsewhere as a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Managing some day-time dreaming
Life has been busy in the cold dry air of late January and early February, a lot of doing even though I have been good at putting big jobs off (apart from the killing, butchering and merguez-ing of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Managing some day-time dreaming
Life has been busy in the cold dry air of late January and early February, a lot of doing even though I have been good at putting big jobs off (apart from the killing, butchering and merguez-ing of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
before the thaw
Will be back in baking action sometime in the new year, in the meanwhile, stay warm with or without running water, eat well, rest.
View ArticleClik here to view.
the hungry gap
We left our swedes in the ground as they looked too small to pull out and they are now sprouting, so here we are with a little purple sprouting broccoli (not much) and some peppery swede sprouts. Nice...
View ArticleClik here to view.
hand-moulded earth
and below, the first meal we cooked there, new potatoes from the garden.
View Article
