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Harean HettiarachchiFebruary 24, 2025Comment

Making Better Bread

‘Smelling deeply of smoke and creosote, I baked our first batch of loaves, then the second. It wasn't bad. It was bread we'd eat. It broke my heart though. After making beautiful looking loaves for years in gas ovens that we had modified and optimised to make some of the best sourdough ever, here were loaves that were just: alright. The colour wasn't as burnished, the crust a bit different. They weren't about to win any beauty contests.’

Harean HettiarachchiFebruary 24, 2025Comment

Harean HettiarachchiFebruary 17, 2025good bread, food economicsComment

The case for good bread.

‘good bread gets to and must play a leading role on that plate. And when compared to Lankan meal with a minimum of three curries, all made with so much effort and cost, that the economics of our plates don't have to be structurally different.’

Harean HettiarachchiFebruary 17, 2025good bread, food economicsComment

Harean HettiarachchiMarch 27, 2023

We found the best way to toast your bread.

You don’t need a toaster. Steam is the game changer. You'll never be able to eat bad toast again.

Harean HettiarachchiMarch 27, 2023

We found the best way to toast your bread.

Harean HettiarachchiJanuary 20, 2020bread, staling, toasting, storage, sourdough, freezing, bakery, storing bread, keeping bread, how long can i keep bread fresh9 Comments

7 things you need to know on storing bread.

From the moment your loaf comes out of the oven the chemical process of staling begins. Starch granules, which in the oven swelled and absorbed water, now slowly retrograde: over hours and days they set into a tougher crystalline structure, expelling some of that water.

Harean HettiarachchiJanuary 20, 2020bread, staling, toasting, storage, sourdough, freezing, bakery, storing bread, keeping bread, how long can i keep bread fresh9 Comments

7 things you need to know on storing bread.