December | 2021 | Bread, Cakes And Ale
4 posts published by Daniel Etherington during December 2021| Bread, Cakes And Ale
4 posts published by Daniel Etherington during December 2021| Bread, Cakes And Ale
In the second season of the TV series The Bear, a Chicago neighbourhood sandwich shop is being transformed into a posh restaurant. In the remodelling, they put in an office, and in that office is a shelf of cookbooks. The … Continue reading →| Bread, Cakes And Ale
Recently, I went hiking in the Lake District with my chums Alex (aka Mystic Mountain Al) and Dom. Among the provisions I took was a banana malt loaf. I love a malty tea loaf, a Jamaican bun, things like that. … Continue reading →| Bread, Cakes And Ale
As a perennially knackered post-pandemic fifty-something parent, I don’t go out much. But I did have a fun evening a few weeks back, tempted down to my local brewery and taproom, Abyss, for an educational, entertaining session sampling low alcohol … Continue reading →| Bread, Cakes And Ale
You may have noticed it’s been quiet around here. When I first started this blog, a decade or so back when I was living in Rome, I used to crank out a new post every week. Things were very different … Continue reading →| Bread, Cakes And Ale
This past month the weather has gone from cold (the end of winter), to unseasonably warm (a dash of climate change), to cold again, to just about normal for the time of year. Spring. It is definitely spring. The view … Continue reading →| Bread, Cakes And Ale
Pancakes are all well and good, but there are other Shrove Tuesday foods in British tradition. Apparently. I was pleased to spot these in the book Cakes Regional and Traditional by Julie Duff. They’re just my kind of thing – … Continue reading →| Bread, Cakes And Ale
If you like British pubs, you’ll be fully aware of the tragic rate they are closing, unable to afford the running costs and compete with cheap supermarket booze even before Covid made things even harder. So it’s always great when … Continue reading →| Bread, Cakes And Ale
Happy Christmas 2021. I’m writing this on 27 December, which is only technically the second or third of The Twelve Days of Christmas (depending on how you count them). But like many, I’m already a bit worn out by it … Continue reading →| Bread, Cakes And Ale
From that title, you’ll probably be able to tell if this post is for you. There’s no two ways about it: it’s one for bread geeks. It was the feast day of Santa Lucia on 13 December, and I made … Continue reading →| Bread, Cakes And Ale
This is my first attempt at making these. They’re quite crude, but it was a fun project to do with my eight-year-old. I first heard about these as “mannele brioche”, little enrich…| Bread, Cakes And Ale
A celebration of bread, cakes, beer, and grain-based foods.| Bread, Cakes And Ale
Tomorrow is Good Friday, the day when, traditionally, western Christians ended their Lenten fast. In Britain, this was marked by eating hot cross buns. So I’ve just made a batch, from my reci…| Bread, Cakes And Ale
