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British Bread Adventures Pt 1
Part 1
Denyce and I celebrated 20 years of nuptial bliss with a trip to England. As with many of our travels, this one morphed into something of a bread themed adventure. Amazing how that happens.
The whole of the U.K. has enjoyed an amazing bread renaissance over the past several years. I think due in large part to the efforts of Andrew Whitley, one of the founding members of The Real Bread Campaign, created to bring quality bread back to Britain.
Our first visit was to Hastings to visit our friends, Emmanuel and Lisa Hadjiandreou and their charming son, Noah. Emmanuel teaches at the School of Artisan Food and is the author of How to Make Bread and Making Bread Together. It’s such a treat to soak up some of Emmanuel’s vast bread knowledge. His generosity is boundless.
Our first destination was Bath (here in Bath as I write this) where Emmanuel connected us with award winning baker and author, Richard Bertinet. Richard has been teaching bread baking in Bath for 10 years. Their very first class from Richard’s new book, Patisserie Maison, was starting the morning we visited.
You needn’t venture outside of Bath to enjoy the pinnacle of artisan bread. Between the Bertinet Bakery and The Thoughful Bread Company, we were blown away. Duncan Glendinning, author of Bread Revolution, combined his two passions, sustainability and slow food, in founding The Thoughtful Bread Company. His store, tastefully decorated with reclaimed material, and his truly artisan bread showcase those passions well.
I would have loved to sample their photogenic beetroot sourdough. Instead we opted to order a couple of their amazing made to order sandwiches for a picnic lunch.
Breakfast the next morning at at Sally Lunn’s buns, famous for its historic if not culinary interest, concluded a fascinating visit to Bath. From a purely bread perspective our trip could have almost ended there.
Oh, so much bread, so little stomach capacity.
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British Bread Adventures Pt 1