L is for … lames (pronounced like lamb or la-muh) *
One of the most common questions that people ask when they make their own bread is how to get those lovely patterns on the top of the loaves and whether a special lame (blade) will magically transform their loaf into an artisanal artefact.
My iScone recipe (based on last year’s Rachel Allen Scones post but using a lot less butter substituting ricotta and yoghurt instead). Makes 6 – 8 scones. Continue reading
I is for….. International Scone Week!
I was going to do a deeply serious post
‘No! no, not another one’
begged the iMac
and for once I listened. So you have been spared my learned treatise on etymology and the roots of words like inspiration = in + breathe and another one that took my fancy last night : integrity – from the word ‘integer’ meaning ‘untouched, undivided, a complete entity’ . I can hear the yawns, bad idea wasn’t it?
…but it will be much more fun to make Scones along with the Inspirational and Imaginative iScone Team! Continue reading
Zeb Bakes 