Category Archives: Bread

A Daydream of my Dad’s

I am sad to realise that my Dad’s hopes of being asked to form a new government by the Queen have been dashed once again.  It was one of his favourite daydreams that, disgusted by the choice on offer to her, she would turn elsewhere and somehow mysteriously alight on him as the obvious candidate.

He would be sitting at home after a hard day’s work, having had his evening meal, perhaps reading a broadsheet, and the phone would ring. The house would go quiet, and our eyes would open wide as we realised what was happening  –  then with a calm smile and a slight air of triumph, he would say, “I have to go to the Palace.”

She could do worse….. :)

What daydreams do your parents have?

Bread – Jeffrey Hamelman – Errata sheet

Just a quick info post for anyone who owns a copy and/or  bakes from the wonderful ‘Bread’ by Jeffrey Hamelman.

Paul  who organizes the Mellow Bakers  (and has this  great blog Yumarama Bread ) has been in contact with JH and has been given this errata information to distribute.

So if you want to update your book then pop over to Mellow Bakers and download the update, courtesy of Mr Hamelman!   And if you are thinking about buying this book, make sure you ask which print run it is and get the latest one :)


Here is a pdf with a list of the breads in ‘Bread” available from Amazon. This book is not easy to find on the shelves of english bookstores so I hope it’s ok to put this here and doesn’t break any copyright rules. There are also chapters on decorative bread making and all you could want to know about braiding breads.  Great reference book. Nuff said.

List of breads in “Bread” by Jeffrey Hamelman

Toast for everyone

My internet connection was temporarily interrrupted there.

Yesterday I made a stack of white milk bread for toast mainly.  I used the scary very strong flour without mixing it with anything else.  It says it has 15 g protein per 100 grams.  These loaves are 425 grams in the smaller ones and 600 grams in the bigger two and a lot of air!

The round one is made in a milk loaf tin from Lakeland.