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Books for Foodies 2022

Recommended books for food lovers Whether you want to give a book as a present or to put one or ...
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Food and Cookery books for your wish list

Tried and tested - books that I heartily recommend I love a good book, preferably a cookery book or one ...
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Bake Better Bread: Bread Books

Choose a bread recipe book to inspire you Are you looking for a really great bread book? After all, there ...
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In the hands of Ottolenghi, vegetables are transformed

Learning to love challenging vegetables Supertaster Whilst taking part in a workshop at a science festival I discovered I am ...
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Sharing Grandma’s recipes at Cheltenham Festival of Food and Drink

I recently chatted with Jamie Williams who is creating the chef demonstration kitchen for the Cheltenham Festival of Food and ...
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Follow my easy to make herby focaccia recipe

Soup and Focaccia inspired by Richard Buckley

Making the mosts of plants in your cooking I've been reading Richard Buckley's new book, Plants Taste Better. Those of ...
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A delicious coffee recipe - Curry Meat Balls, Quarry Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group

How do you take your coffee?

Cooking with Coffee Why don't we use coffee more in cooking and particularly in savoury dishes? I think it's time ...
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Zero Waste Week – Try Left Over Pie

Did you know Zero Waste Week has taken please each September since 2008? No I didn't either. It's an annual ...
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Mung Been Curry from Mira Manek's Saffron Soul

Food inspiration: Recipes from Pakistan and India

Cookery Book Review There is always room for one more book about food. I love that sense of anticipation. Will ...
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Discovering Cotswolds food and drink

If you visit a new area, where do you choose to eat and drink? Of course you ask people you ...
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Severn Bites Breadmaking Classes

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Greville Delahay

08:44 20 Sep 22

A very no nonsense sourdough class with a lovely knowledgeable lady in a beautiful setting, a well... constructed course. I have been trying my hand at sourdough for a couple of years and attended some courses in the past and I have to say this was the best. I left with renewed enthusiasm to tackle sourdough baking that I have not been able to get quite right in the past. Thanks again Danielle it was very nice to meet you. I will let you know my progressgrev xread more

Victoria James

09:19 22 Aug 22

We had a wonderful afternoon learning the art of sourdough making. We already had a little... experience with sourdough, but were not managing to produce consistent quality loaves. Danielle tailored the class to us perfectly and we learnt so much in a couple of hours. She has created a simple method which is grounded in science and experience, and we can’t wait to put it into practice. I would highly recommend.read more

Rena Gross

15:33 07 Aug 22

Danielle Ellis has helped me tremendously. She has guided me with my Rofco oven and mixer to make... delicious sourdough bread. She is filled with a lot of knowledge and she has excellent advice. I appreciate meeting her over zoom meetings and helping me troubleshoot all my sourdough questions. She has helped me get the results I was looking for. Thank you!!!read more

Todd Gillies

13:52 14 Jul 22

What a great experience! I booked 2 online bread classes (from Japan), and Danielle made the time... difference work, and taught me how to make 2 different kinds of wonderful bread. I'd been baking for a number of years prior to the lessons, but learned so many new techniques (she particularly has a very special kneading method that is wonderful). Highly recommended!read more

Richard Mellor

17:14 20 Jun 22

I enjoyed a one-on-one baking day with Danielle which focused on sourdough bread and the Rofco... oven. Although I had been baking for many years she really helped me with technique and had great suggestions for baking different loaves of bread.Her straightforward approach to baking bread and getting great results really stood out. I highly recommend her class.read more

Aimee Batchelor

13:20 13 Jun 22

I was bought a bread making class with Danielle as a gift and it was such a great experience! We... added my mum onto the course as she is also an avid baker and we had such a great afternoon. Danielle is so informative and has such a great way of teaching that we were so at ease and surprised ourselves with our efforts. We are back on the bread making train, so inspired by Danielle and her knowledge.Thanks, Danielle!read more

Bella Barron

16:05 16 Jan 21

My sister gave my daughter and I an online session with Danielle, as a Christmas present this year... - best Christmas present ever!If sourdough was one of your 2020 lockdown goals, and like us you've struggled to make anything that remotely resembles a loaf and given up, help is at hand!!The excitement as we lifted the lids on our new sourdough loaves was palpable. For the first time in my life I'd made a loaf that not only looked like bread, it tasted like it too!!Danielle's recipe is not only simple to follow, her technique is easily demonstrated over zoom. The bite-sized sessions fitted into the end of our busy working week, meaning we had fresh bread to start the weekend - what's not to love.Thank you Danielle for restoring our faith and confidence. We will definitely be signing up to a face-to-face session when all this madness is over.read more

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Danielle Ellis - Breadmaking classes

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Bust the Bread Myths. The Bread Chat team get infuriated about the suggestion that instant yeast needs feeding, the amount of yeast suggested and more buff.ly/3LPCulO pic.twitter.com/bi03…

11:02 · 01/10/2022

Danielle Ellis - Breadmaking classes

@BreadBakerDani

Scalding flour is an easy way to incorporate grains such as rye, buckwheat and barley into your bread dough. A lovely light loaf will result! buff.ly/3EhAvFp #bakebetterbread #scaldingflour #breadbaking pic.twitter.com/C69j…

13:35 · 30/09/2022

Danielle Ellis - Breadmaking classes

@BreadBakerDani

Beetroot teams so well with raspberries. Earthy beets and tart raspberries and swiss meringue butter cream make a very tasty vegetable cake. #beetrootcake #vegetablecake #recipeoftheday pic.twitter.com/y7SM…

17:35 · 29/09/2022

Danielle Ellis - Breadmaking classes

@BreadBakerDani

Salt is such an important element of breadmaking. Without salt, your bread won't come together and the flavour will be bland. Reduce a little, but don't eliminate! #bakebetterbread #sourdoughseptember #breadclass severnbites.com/2021… pic.twitter.com/7EAU…

12:55 · 28/09/2022

Danielle Ellis - Breadmaking classes

@BreadBakerDani

Local to Slimbridge? Come along to the Coffee Morning 10:30 am Saturday 1st October. Cinnamon Buns on sale raising funds for Stroud Women's Refuge. £5 for 6 Slimbridge Village Hall. Message me to order #gloucestershire #cinnamonbuns #stroudwomensrefuge pic.twitter.com/jkYh…

11:01 · 28/09/2022

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