I enjoy the process of making enriched breads with added sugar, milk, butter, and often a sourdough starter.

Kitty and Al Tait Breadsong: How Baking Changed our Lives.

Published on May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 by Vivien

Earlier this year I was invited to judge a category of the Guild of Food Writers’ Book Awards. I was reminded of the years spent as a librarian buying non fiction titles for public libraries. Would evaluating cookery books, forty five years later demand a different set of skills?

Citrus by post

Published on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 by Vivien

Following the craze for sourdough and banana bread during lockdown in 2020, Marmalade making became a go to activity during lockdown in the early months of this year.

Whole grain Sourdough at Home

Published on November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 by Vivien

Sourdough, Jam and Chutney with Emmanuel Hadjiandreou

Published on August 31, 2016April 8, 2021 by Viv

Bread and jam, toast and marmalade, from sourdough to soda bread, sweet preserves are synonymous with bread. As with preserving, making bread is a passion of mine and in recent years