Forty years ago today, the SS Great Britain, a unique and extraordinary ship, built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, sailed under the Clifton Suspension Bridge back into the floating harbour of Bristol. Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2010
Purple Dwarf Beans and More..
This is my favourite of all the veggies that we grow in our little veg bed. I pick them every day once they start cropping and after three days we have enough to have a good portion of them with a meal. The beans hide under the leaves and you really have to check carefully that you haven’t missed one. Plus they grow really fast once they start going.
Baguettes with poolish
Poolish: a yeasted batter that hangs around for about 12 hours. Then gets added to a bread dough and turned into bread. Why? You use less yeast overall and in theory get more flavour in your bread.



