First up, it’s Real Bread Maker Week! Head over to the Real Bread Campaign website to read more about ‘the only national week exclusively dedicated to celebrating artificial-additive-free loaves and the local bakers who make ‘em’. If you’re a campaign member, you can also pick up discount codes for flours from Marriage’s and Shipton Mill.
In other news:
- From breadwinners to breadmakers: Last month’s Observer Food Monthly featured the E5 Bakehouse over in East London, posing the question: “What drives a bunch of thirtysomething men bristling with PhDs to start a bakery in east London?”
- Dough Nuts: The Independent reports on a ‘rising trend’: men who bake their own bread. With an emphasis on the ‘men’ part. Really?
Lastly, during some recent sourdough pizza research, I happened across this Youtube video of Italy’s national team of ‘acrobati pizzaioli’, who take pizza spinning to whole new levels. Who ever said don’t play with your food?
Watching the Acrobati Pizzaioli reminded me of a saying of my old Mother’s “Don’t play with your food!”