The brief for the 70th Birthday was a quiet soiree in the bar, handful of friends, Cornish pasties and stuff a bit like tapas but not really Spanish, more Chinesey or Indian. Hmm. For a start the Cornish Pasty has been recently PDO’d so I’m going to quickly point out we made Pasties in the style of a West Country lass, Read full article »
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Something else you may have missed
In keeping with my current trend to mention things after the event (see Burns Night below), here are a few snaps of my wares at the St Margaret's-at-Cliff Monthly Market this morning. I was armed with three types of our home-grown sour-dough yeast bread, including onion and potato plus a couple of 'normal' yeast loaves flavoured with cherry tomato or red onion and cheddar. Read full article »
Let them eat brunch
It’s only taken 9 years and the best part of 9 months but finally, today at 10am, we started our 1st ever breakfast/brunch service. It’s been months in the planning to the extent I’ve a sneaking suspicion that not only the staff, but our loyal regulars were running a book on whether it would actually happen at all. Well, I’ve no Read full article »
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Hungry Mouths
When No 3 was born last August I vowed I wasn’t having anymore children. That was until we decided to start making bread from scratch. Sourdough to be precise, made from a wild yeast starter that once established you have to feed and nurture. Nicknamed ‘the kids’ I’ve suddenly found I’ve four additional mouths to feed and, quite frankly, they are Read full article »
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Making a crust
Many years ago, before Tesco’s took over the world, the village of St Margaret’s at Cliffe had its own bakery. Sadly, it’s long since gone and a combination of listening to the village and his wife moaning that the supermarkets are empty due to panic buying and bemoaning the demise of the local bakery, set me thinking. It Read full article »
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