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Tesco and the Poached Egg Failure

Today I threw a poached egg across the kitchen. It’s not something I’m proud of, it’s certainly not something I’d encourage you to do, but it happened. I feel I need to make this known, in an attempt for some cathartic resolution, otherwise this one irate action may haunt me for some time. The short passage of time since the incident, has somewhat quelled the furious certainty that accompanied my ovum flinging antics, but I’m yet to regret my actions. It’s actually not my fault, the blame lies squarely at the feet of Tesco. Continue reading →

Simple Sourdough

Food fashion, to me, is a very real concept, and one that can highlight really great food or quite poor food, the current cupcake obsession is one that really grates. Sourdough is another of these concepts, that seems to be getting really rather popular, but what is it? Can you make sourdough bread at home? Can you buy good sourdough bread in Liverpool? Continue reading →

My Tip for Perfect Pizza

My not quite perfect pizza

There are a lot of meals, when you make them at home, are never as good as in a restaurant/bakery/cafe. Pizza is one of them, no matter how hard you try, the pizza you make at home is never as good as your favourite italian restaurant. To be totally fair, it never will be, and perhaps giving up making your own pizza is the surest route to avoiding disappointment. However, a good approximation is possible, and despite it not being the same as a something plucked from a wood fired oven of a pizzeria, it’s still worth the effort. Continue reading →

Our Daily Bread

Just a few pictures of my later loaf, I’m quite pleased with this one.

This was a plain white dough, 5oog flour to 350g of water, shaped into a tight cob and sliced with a Lame (a razor blade on the end on a handle). I tried to make almost like a swirl on the top of the loaf, and baked till it is quite dark.

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