From the day book

bread

  • Twenty rounds before the pan

    Saturday flatbreads, weighed once and then done by feel: one bowl, one worktop, and twenty rounds resting under a cloth.

    Twenty rounds before the pan
  • Letting the loaf cool before supper

    The hardest step in the whole recipe is the last one: an hour on the counter, uncut, while the kitchen smells of it.

    Letting the loaf cool before supper