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The Golden Ball update
Launch party for York's first community pub, the Golden Ball We reported recently about the planned community buy-out of the Golden Ball, one of York’s traditional, unspoilt, neighbourhood pubs....
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The Perfect White Loaf
This week I baked my first loaf. I know. I tell everyone I bake my own bread, but the truth is that my Panasonic does it. It’s hard to imagine how I got to this great age, call myself a foodie and...
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Orange & Tomato Soup
What we need this time of year is colour. There’s precious little of it outside so let’s look for it elsewhere. This dead easy soup has value added comfort, plus the smell in the kitchen is borderline...
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Real Bread
So I parked up a couple of hundred yards from the fabulous Bragazzis café and as I got near, the most marvelous smell wafted through the CO2. Fresh bread. Man o man. I pressed my nose against the...
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Prune and Pink Peppercorn Rye Loaf
This recipe is for the serious bakers among Squidbeak readers. It is based on a rye sourdough recipe by Emmanuel Hadjiandreou, the author of the award winning How to Make Bread, published in 2011 by...
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