“How can a nation be called great if its bread tastes like kleenex?” ― Julia Child “All sorrows are less with bread. ” ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (author of Don Quixote)
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The English Market – Cork
True conversation with Sheila: “Hey Shelagh, have any plans for the weekend (mind you, this is on Wednesday)” Me: “Well Sheila, I was thinking of hopping on a train to Cork to visit the English Market, want to join me?” Sheila: “Great, I’ll book the train, let’s make a day of it and stay overnight,…
Irish Scones with Spelt Flour
Yesterday, I wrote a post about my new friends Emma and Pat, owners of Oak Forest Mills. Emma and Pat grow and mill a few kinds of wheat here in Ireland (spelt, barley and einkorn). They were gracious enough to gift me a 5-kilo bag of their spelt flour. It’s gorgeous stuff and I decided…
Meeting new (flour-y) friends
I’ve finally found my peeps! Gotta love the internet, it’s like match.com only it would be called flour.com in my case, ha! I met a lovely couple over the weekend who farm and mill real Irish spelt flour. Talk about geeking out! But this sort of thing makes me so happy, meeting people passionate about…
