having recently moved to Glasgow, i have been spending a lot of my time eating my way around the city, discovering the food scene here. one name that kept creeping up in conversations was bakery47. everyone i met asked me if i’d been yet, so a couple of weekends ago, my friend and…
I was lucky enough to be invited to Montpellier recently, to visit the home of Alain Coumont, founder of Le Pain Quotidien, an opportunity I could not pass up. If you’re not familiar with Le Pain Quotidien, let me fill you in….it is a restaurant and boulangerie chain known for…
Recently I seem to have had a few leisurely, chilled weekends which have been lovely. So I have used them to try out a few recipes that require a bit of time. And last weekend I decided to try making focaccia. I adore focaccia and often buy it, but I…
I love bread but I’ve never been entirely successful in baking it myself. I’ve been blaming it on my crap oven but I can’t hide behind that excuse forever. So instead, I tend to seek out good bakeries and buy my bread from there. One of my favourites is E5…