I’ve been making bread for a long time, mainly using a simple recipe that I know by heart. It’s very straightforward – a kilo of flour, 600ml of water, 20g of salt and 10g of yeast. It make...
https://www.them-apples.co.uk/2019/02/all-the-water-all-the-yeast-half-the-flour/
This post is sponsored by Fishpools.
https://www.them-apples.co.uk/2017/08/surviving-the-barbecue-cheat-sheet/
I’ve spent a little time recently experimenting with different brewing methods, and recently took the plunge and supplemented my trusty Hario hand grinder (the best £25 I’ve ever spent) wit...
https://www.them-apples.co.uk/2017/03/win-a-hamper-of-cloggs-coffee-company-stuff/
When we were kids, our mum used to make Yorkshire puddings in bread tins, served as a starter before a main course of beef. We had one each, a great boat of a pudding to fill the plate. We’d p...
https://www.them-apples.co.uk/2016/01/the-importance-of-a-good-yorkshire-pudding/
Here you go, a chance to win a huge box of very good festive themed Hotel Chocolat chocolates, because: Christmas. ‘The Christmas Wreath Box’ is described in the marketing as “a show-stoppi...
https://www.them-apples.co.uk/2015/12/win-a-massive-box-of-hotel-chocolat-chocolates/
I spend a lot in markets, in terms of both time and money. A lunchtime trip to the fruit, veg, fish and meat stalls of Kirkgate Market in Leeds has become a weekly ritual, and I return to the o...
https://www.them-apples.co.uk/2015/09/leeds-kirkgate-market-vs-mercado-da-ribeira/
Years ago, I used to ‘do’ veg boxes. Every week, a weird selection of vegetables would land on my back doorstep. I’d peer into the box early every Wednesday morning to see more kale to add ...
https://www.them-apples.co.uk/2015/05/riverfords-new-recipe-boxes/
A few weeks ago, we went to Edinburgh. It was the Edinburgh Festival, and the whole city was heaving with people, half of whom were apparently students in a show of some kind … my favourite pit...
https://www.them-apples.co.uk/2014/09/sharing-tables-in-coffee-shops/
“In his way, the meat cutter is an artist”. Here’s a wonderful little American promotional film from the Fifties, that walks through the process of butchering a side of beef into cuts suita...
https://www.them-apples.co.uk/2014/07/the-dawn-of-the-supermarket-meat-counter/