Bread and Talking

It takes a while to realise there is a Food Festival going on. In fact it could totally pass you by unless you make a effort to join in. Pauls mobile bread oven was up and firing in Unicorn Grocery car park. Seize that opportunity, forget the crowds hell bent on doing their usual Saturday blinkered consumer business. Make a pizza so that was lunch sorted. Also I made a big loaf from my own dough - 50% Canadian Wholewheat Flour and 50% Dove's Farm Organic Strong White Flour. Started the dough off on Friday morning to give it a slow proving for more flavour. That's the theory.
bread oven slideshow

Whilst the bread was baking fell into conversation with Paul the baker, and Craig Sams the Chair of the Soil Association. Well I did most of the listening because they've been in the food business 40 years and know a lot more than me. Bread making tips, growing advice, gossip on food factories and producers. Realing with the data and which web sites to visit.

In the evening Craig Sams did a talk in the Boardroom at The Lloyd's. About 50 people heard a potted history of macrobiotics and wholefood development in Britain. He's an unashamed capitalist with an eye for the niche market. If you've had big success with Whole Earth, and Green and Black's chocolate you might want to look for another. Follow with an commercial for the Nomato range - looks and tastes like tomato but nothing from the Nightshade family in the products. ..