Experts analyse 500 sourdough starters to understand the science behind the perfect loaf

With the UK now in its third lockdown, many bored Britons have spent their time cooped up at home refining their baking skills. One of the most notoriously difficult things to bake at home is sourdough bread, due to the fact that it relies on a ‘starter’ – a live culture of flour and water. … Read more

Restaurant launches whole Christmas dinner stuffed in a sourdough loaf

Bready Christmas! Restaurant launches full festive dinner stuffed in a sourdough loaf for delivery – including vegetables, pigs in blankets and a whole roasted QUAIL The £18 Breakfast En Bread loaf, comes complete with cabbage, sprouts, parsnips, carrots, pigs in blankets, stuffing, and is crowned with a roasted quail Festive feast is stuffed in a … Read more

How POSH is your nosh? From your marmalade brand to your loaf, what you eat still defines your class

SOCIAL HISTORY SCOFF   by Pen Vogler (Atlantic £20, 480 pp) How do you pick up your peas from the plate? I ask because the humble little legume turns out to be the ultimate challenge when it comes to polite eating, the Mount Everest of etiquette. Debrett’s, the bible of good manners, is firm on the … Read more

Great British Bake Off special: Sticky gingerbread loaf 

Great British Bake Off special: Sticky gingerbread loaf By Michael Chakraverty Published: 00:02 GMT, 25 October 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 25 October 2020 MICHAEL CHAKRAVERTY, contestant 2019  SERVES 12 250g plain flour 4 tsp ground ginger 140ml whole milk 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 100g sunflower spread 100g dark muscovado sugar 100g golden syrup 100g … Read more

Lemon and raspberry loaf | Daily Mail Online

Lemon and raspberry loaf By Jo Pratt Published: 00:02 BST, 30 August 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 30 August 2020 Ideal for anyone who can’t have dairy and it’s totally vegan friendly. You can even go gluten-free (see Flexible below). Move over lemon drizzle!  Ideal for anyone who can’t have dairy and it’s totally vegan … Read more

London fox steals loaf of bread and two boxes of eggs from doorstep

Clean getaway! Crafty fox is caught on camera stealing a loaf of bread and two boxes of eggs (without dropping any) from a doorstep food delivery The fox steals bread and two cartons of eggs from the doorstep in west London  Customer had set up cameras after food from their delivery kept going missing The … Read more

How to make stale bread fresh again: Mum’s genius trick transforms her old loaf in MINUTES

How to make stale bread fresh again: Mum’s genius trick transforms her old loaf in MINUTES – and all you need is a tap A mother has shared her ‘miracle’ trick for reviving stale bread to make it fresh To freshen up an old loaf, Judy runs it under the tap for a few seconds … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Puffed-up baker Paul doesn’t do wry… unless it’s in a loaf of bread

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Puffed-up baker Paul doesn’t do wry… unless it’s in a loaf of bread By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:16 BST, 29 April 2020 | Updated: 02:16 BST, 29 April 2020 Paul Hollywood Eats Japan Rating: How To Keep Your Dog Happy At Home Rating: Let’s Fishing … Read more

Pure bread pooches! Pet owners using their loaf to post snaps of their pets peering through bread 

Pure bread pooches! It’s a crumb of hilarity amid the gloom… pet owners using their loaf to post these butterly adorable snaps of their pets peering through slices of bread By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:14 BST, 1 April 2020 | Updated: 22:48 BST, 1 April 2020 Share or comment on this article: