Breadsong: How Baking Changed Our Lives

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My life revolves around me keeping my starter, known as Windy Miller, happy and burping, so I can continue to make the wonderful sourdough recipes found in this book. I feel like saying anything negative about this book would make me a jerk, so if you're looking for a book with a positive message that has some decent baking recipes, you may enjoy this one. Adding to the charm of this book, the photographs are beautifully shot and many clearly show the humor of this family. Full of worry, her parents tried everything, from new hobbies like reading and painting to medication and visits to a specialist.

I really loved reading this memoir and was totally obsessed by it (I read it over two days and probably also dreamt about it at night). What follows is an adventure in breadmaking with trials and tribulations, chance discoveries and serendipitous encounters.the ultimate brown butter and choc chip cookies with the perfect combination of gooey centre and crispy edges. I like the description of the characters in the local community and the support and kindness they provide as well as Kitty's gradual increase in confidence. One day her dad Alex, a teacher, baked a loaf of bread with her and that small moment changed everything. One part inspirational memoir, one part delicious and rustic recipes, combined to make a wholesome and inspirational cookbook that I’m proud to display on my shelves. and then you keep reading and you realise just how much stress the whole thing is, and how early you have to get up (unless you're the Margaret River bakers who sell their bread from 3pm onwards, LIFE GOALS) and.

I deeply appreciated the honesty that Al in particular presents here - that he and his wife did not see what was happening at the start, that they were bewildered by the change in their youngest daughter, and that they struggled to figure out what to do.

Recipes are divided into categories: breads, sourdough, sweet doughs (peanut butter, banana and chocolate buns? And while Orange Bakery became a huge success, it was definitely a gamble for her parents to put so much time and money into something like that. I’ve always wanted to put my baking recipes in a book, but as I’ve got more and more unwell, and I’m unable to bake nearly as much as I’d like to, I thought that wasn’t an option, but I’m starting to think that it might actually be the answer.