Oooh! I have Flour is Flavour too and I can't wait to bake from it. I agree on the design too in fact I reached out to them so I can buy one of the designs from the artist because I want it as a tattoo eventually :)
Thank you, Andrew! Also, I've been meaning to write: another great use for your sourdough starter stirrer (which I now cannot imagine my life without) is stirring a freshly opened jar of natural nut butter, when the oil is all separated from the nut purée — no tool works better!
Happy to spread the word, Alex! And YES, I keep meaning to mention that fact—It's great for stirring nut butters and tahini, I reach for it before every batch of hummus. Hope you are well!
This is why I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your -- what do we call this now? -- blog? newsletter? postings? Well, whatever it's now called, I love it! I learn so much from your posts, not only info about bread and flour and baking but also info about other people and books and places. After reading one of your postings, I start going down a rabbit hole checking out leads that you offered, and by the time I say, "Oh my goodness, I have got to stop and do something else!" I wonder what it would be like had I never known about the info you just shared. What a loss! And, what beautiful writing by Kate Lebo! Thank you for introducing us -- or at least me -- to her. After going down a rabbit hole to learn more about her work, I learned that she has a hearing loss - and has also written beautifully about that experience! I don't know whether you recall, but you were SO EXCEPTIONALLY patient and persevered SO HARD to ensure that closed captions were working when I participated in one of your initial Zoom-presented bread-baking demonstrations (it was during COVID and before you could easily enable closed captions on Zoom). :) It took some doing, but you made certain that the captions were enabled so that I, as someone with a hearing loss, could have access to your class. I so much appreciated your effort! Thank you! And, now, I want to say thank you again for how you continually share with us such a bounty of information and so generously give us ACCESS to your wealth of knowledge and passion. Thank you!! Thank you. How fortunate are we??
I'm waiting for Flour is Flavour to be stocked in Australia, as shipping is 5x the books price at the moment. It looks amazing, so hope it is soon!
My copy of The Invy Baker is in the mail, and I can't wait to try their take on laminated sourdough pastry. P.s. The Invy baker is in Australia, not Scotland 😉
Thanks for the recommendations Andrew! PIE it is!
Oooh! I have Flour is Flavour too and I can't wait to bake from it. I agree on the design too in fact I reached out to them so I can buy one of the designs from the artist because I want it as a tattoo eventually :)
Thank you, Andrew! Also, I've been meaning to write: another great use for your sourdough starter stirrer (which I now cannot imagine my life without) is stirring a freshly opened jar of natural nut butter, when the oil is all separated from the nut purée — no tool works better!
Happy to spread the word, Alex! And YES, I keep meaning to mention that fact—It's great for stirring nut butters and tahini, I reach for it before every batch of hummus. Hope you are well!
This is why I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your -- what do we call this now? -- blog? newsletter? postings? Well, whatever it's now called, I love it! I learn so much from your posts, not only info about bread and flour and baking but also info about other people and books and places. After reading one of your postings, I start going down a rabbit hole checking out leads that you offered, and by the time I say, "Oh my goodness, I have got to stop and do something else!" I wonder what it would be like had I never known about the info you just shared. What a loss! And, what beautiful writing by Kate Lebo! Thank you for introducing us -- or at least me -- to her. After going down a rabbit hole to learn more about her work, I learned that she has a hearing loss - and has also written beautifully about that experience! I don't know whether you recall, but you were SO EXCEPTIONALLY patient and persevered SO HARD to ensure that closed captions were working when I participated in one of your initial Zoom-presented bread-baking demonstrations (it was during COVID and before you could easily enable closed captions on Zoom). :) It took some doing, but you made certain that the captions were enabled so that I, as someone with a hearing loss, could have access to your class. I so much appreciated your effort! Thank you! And, now, I want to say thank you again for how you continually share with us such a bounty of information and so generously give us ACCESS to your wealth of knowledge and passion. Thank you!! Thank you. How fortunate are we??
Lots of gems here and Kate Lebo's pie book looks excellent (just read Difficult Fruit which I thought was brilliant!).
And Tales from the Yeast Indies has been on my list for a while - maybe I should let Santa know, haha.
Kate is the BEST
Thank you for these recommendations 💗
I'm waiting for Flour is Flavour to be stocked in Australia, as shipping is 5x the books price at the moment. It looks amazing, so hope it is soon!
My copy of The Invy Baker is in the mail, and I can't wait to try their take on laminated sourdough pastry. P.s. The Invy baker is in Australia, not Scotland 😉