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Australia: Melbourne: bakeries
I took these photos when Loafer was owned and run by brothers Georg and Antoine von Baich and their family, two Canadians who were such a vital part of good baking in Melbourne during their years there.
Though they’ve now moved to Europe to pursue new ambitions, I understand that Loafer continues to produce some excellent [...]
When we visited, this bakery was known as ‘Crust & Crumbs’, but we understand it has since re-opened as the ‘Vlaamsch Broodhuys’.
We asked baker Michael Hanson to search out and compare the best and worst in Hot Cross Buns. “Hot Cross Buns, Hot Cross Buns, one a penny, two a penny, Hot Cross Buns”. Except that at Harvey Nichols, the ultra-swish London department store
Combining techniques in the commercial bakery to create holes, lightness and a majestic slice
Remember: baking is not a set of separate processes, but rather one single process defined by different stages. Thus, change any part and you will cause changes in every subsequent stage, from mixing to baking. Assess each of the ideas [...]
Making a Focaccia Genovese in a commercial bakery
(originally published in British Baker)
Foccacia has a home, in Italy, and a birthplace in the town of Genoa. That’s what Italians from Genoa tell me. But then as every man, woman and child of Italian extraction seems to have a slightly different take on their homeland’s culinary traditions, [...]
…would smell as sweet.
Recipes and tricks for improving your sticks
(Originally published in British Baker)
Recipes for the perfect baguette are probably as numerous as bakeries in France, and each baker appears to claim a secret ingredient or technique that makes him the star boulanger. But do they have anything in common?
Well, flour for a start. A [...]
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
Marble cake recipes involve what appear at first to be a simple technique swirling two mixtures together in the tin. But getting those curves perfectly placed involves a little delicate intervention in the kitchen (if you want to try the technique, there’s a recipe here).
Surely a marble cake is a strike against good taste?
The term [...]
This week’s how-to class is all about cookies and biscuits: soft and gooey ones as well as utterly crisp and snappy numbers; post any questions you have below and I’ll try to help, or if you have a better way, let us know. Look for this Saturday’s ginger macadamia biscuits recipe, so good I made it three [...]
Once you get the knack of making a sourdough it will seem as effortless as making a cup of coffee. What I do is keep spoon-sized nuggets of sourdough in the freezer ready to make a loaf whenever I want. The day or night before I want to bake the loaf I drop one of [...]
