Australia: Yarra Valley: Fruition Bakery
Baking in a big city is fine; it has a ‘buzzy’ urgency. Chef customers hot on the phone, whining the instant they see anything unusual with the delivery. Shoppers spinning...
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Paris: bakeries
I'm regularly asked what bakeries might be particularly worth a visit when in Paris. Very briefly, and in no particular order, this is my 'top 10', a personal and far...
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A pressing time in Cambridge
Apple juice, champagne and a wood-fired oven, with Jack Lang and Jill Grey. The aims of the home baker are varied. For some, the...
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Photo Gallery: 108 Haarlemmerstraat, Amsterdam
When we visited, this bakery was known as ‘Crust & Crumbs’, but we understand it has since re-opened as the ‘Vlaamsch Broodhuys’. ...
Read MoreOranges are the only fruit
They're doing it again. Warning of the imminent death of marmalade eating and the traditional British way of life as we tweet our way...
Read MoreBake class: is it twirly for cake?
Marble cake recipes involve what appear at first to be a simple technique swirling two mixtures together in the tin. But getting those curves...
Read MoreStarting Sourdough
Once you get the knack of making a sourdough it will seem as effortless as making a cup of coffee. What I do is...
Read MoreBlack Bud and Nimble Dick
It's that slight 'pop' the skin makes when you bite into the flesh and the dark crimson juice bursts out, warm from the sunlight...
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