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What do croissants, focaccia, ciabatta, and sourdough breads have in common? Well, for one thing, they all take a long time to make and bake, like 24 hours or even more. For another, you can practice for years, and still…
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Christopher Hitchens once said: ‘Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay’. Most people follow this principle and cling onto the refrain: ‘I could write a book about this or that’, knowing…
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When it comes to amateur cooking, we like to be assessed on our successes. We don’t really like to talk about or publicise our failures. The soufflé that doesn’t rise, the steak that rivals old boots in its toughness, the…
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Setting aside essential body functions like breathing, eating / drinking, sleeping, blood coursing through veins etc., we can live without just about everything in this world. However, there are some things we consider to be essential and would hate to live…
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