A visit to Thatcher’s Cider
How cider is made at Thatcher’s cider and a visit to their exhibition orchard.
Bake Better Bread: Baking in the Rofco
Successfully baking bread in the Rofco oven It’s quite a shock when you start baking bread for sale. Justifying a bread oven when you’re not sure how your business will …
British Hops Herefordshire Grown
British hops are sought by brewers all over the globe. One hop farm, Stocks Farm located on the Worcestershire/Herefordshire border grows enough hops to create 48 million pints of beer each …
A moist chocolate courgette brownie recipe
At this time of the year you might be overwhelmed with courgettes / zucchini. I swear that they grow whilst you turn your back. Or you might also like the …
Raising the best farmed fish in the world
We recently spent our holiday in Slovenia and of course we tried to discover as much about food in the country as possible. I got in touch with Irena Fonda …
Not all cider is made from cider apples
Creating a cider raspberry sorbet with Thatcher’s Katy Cider
An amazing orange cake by Emily Scott
I’d suggest that after chocolate, citrus is everyone’s favourite flavour. Flavours that excite the palate and add a refreshing touch. With that in mind, I am pleased to share simply …
Podcasts for food and drink lovers
Updated February 2021 Indulge your passion, listen to a food podcast Here’s a way to make the most of that extra free time and indulge your passion for food and …
Bake Better Bread: Baker’s Percentages
Baker’s Percentages will make your bread consistent When I first learnt about Baker’s percentages (sometimes called baker’s math), I wondered why on earth I hadn’t heard of it before. Why …
Bake Better Bread: Using heat and steam
Use heat and steam to improve your bread If you’ve taken time over your bread dough but when it’s baked, it’s not quite as you hoped. Let me share some …