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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...

by Dan Lepard
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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...

by Dan Lepard
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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...

by Dan Lepard
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Awakening the frozen sourdough

posted on Jun 26th, 2010

When I want to make a sourdough loaf, all I do is take a nugget of frozen sourdough from the freezer like this, soften it in some warm water, stir...

by Dan Lepard
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The Guardian recipes • Re: Halva flapjacks

by Dan Lepard, 30 July 2010 @ 7:38 am

Doughmaking • Re: chewy and soft pizza dough..

by Dan Lepard, 30 July 2010 @ 7:12 am

Doughmaking • chewy and soft pizza dough..

by khj, 29 July 2010 @ 6:31 pm

Cakes, pastries, and other baking • Re: Garibaldis & Malted Milk Biscuits

by snowy, 29 July 2010 @ 3:24 pm

The Guardian recipes • Re: Dark chocolate berry cake

by Juleswest, 29 July 2010 @ 11:29 am

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Big up your baking, Oundle Festival, Sat 17 July

by Dan Lepard
Big up your baking, Oundle Festival, Sat 17 July

A few times a year I hold very intensive hands-on baking classes at Cookery School in London, There are two coming up, Friday 9th...

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Australia: Melbourne: Loafer Bread

by Dan Lepard
Australia: Melbourne: Loafer Bread

I took these photos when Loafer was owned and run by brothers Georg and Antoine von Baich and their family, two Canadians who were...

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Oranges are the only fruit

by Dan Lepard
Oranges 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...

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Whoopie pies in Sainsbury’s Magazine June issue

by Dan Lepard
Whoopie pies in Sainsbury’s Magazine June issue

There are very few recipe that push my addiction buttons, but I can – hand on heart – admit to eating most of the whoopie pies I made and tested for Sainsbury’s Magazine’s June issue, alongside a mountain of meringues,...

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Chocolate Rum Truffles

by David Whitehouse
Chocolate Rum Truffles

I would never suggest that the amazingly talented and experienced bakers who follow this site ever put a foot wrong. But when I had my teashop & patisserie, and was baking cakes every day, there were times when things didn’t...

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Cranberry oat bread

by Dan Lepard
Cranberry oat bread

Cranberry oat bread from The Guardian Raisin bread for the raisin shy. 75g rolled oats, plus more for the crust 175 dried cranberries 450g strong white flour 1 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp cinnamon or mixed spice finely grated zest...

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Golden linseed & cheddar scones

by Dan Lepard
Golden linseed & cheddar scones

You know that feeling, when it’s not quite warm enough for a salad but past the point where full-on winter baking seems right. These cheese scones, very light and rich with cheddar and cream, had my hand creeping back to...

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Wild Fermentation

Not a baking book, per se, but one which I’ve found interesting and thought-provoking enough to want to see...

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River Cottage Handbook No. 3: Bread

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Deceptively presented like a little hard-cover novel, this book is beautifully illustrated with Gavin Kingcome’s rustic photography. The book...

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