This blog reflects my main passions for photography, baking artisan breads and writing travel reviews.
I have a love of sharing with others what I learn, because in doing so, it keeps me learning, I hope that the many hours I laboured at work and in research on the various topics in this blog may benefit others who are similarly like-minded or just curious.
This blog is all about baking artisanal bread for our daily consumption. I avoid buying commercially made breads which I explain in one of my posts.
Photography, in particular, Nature photography and macro-photography is a passion of mine. This is a small selection of my pictures taken recently, with some information on the subjects, pointers and tips.
Having benefited from TripAdvisor (TA) I felt the need to contribute back with useful information. Since April 2010, I have been writing reviews in TA and am now TA’s 6th most helpful reviewer in Singapore.
It is my desire that the people who read my blog will find the material informational, instructive, and inspiring. May God Bless you all and enjoy reading!
Baked on May 30th 2020. 10% Dark Rye flour with Bob Mill's unbleached Artisan bread flour. Proofed 45 minutes in a banneton and slashed with a lame.Some months ago, I spent over an hour watching a uTube tutorial on how to fold dough using a plastic scraper with the...
The sliced batard showing the thin crust and rather open crumb. The crust is crispy and the crumb soft and chewy. I have been wanting to bake a batard but somehow, I always end up with a bloomer. This time, determined that it would turn out a batard, I watched the...
Anis Bouabsa in Paris, a young French baker had won the prize for the best baguettes in Paris in 2008. He generously shared his formula and techniques with Jane a blogger, which she then generously shared with us at The Fresh Loaf. See her blog topic: The Great...
The Dream Shot? For the past few evenings, around 6 pm when the lighting is poor, I have been hearing a light hearted chirping from a small and unfamiliar bird in my garden. I managed to capture some pictures of this bird and more on other days as he returned. It...
My son left me several small tubs of olives and these were sitting for days in my fridge. There was a 110gm tub of sliced black olives and I had the option of baking olive bread or something else. I decided to bake something else! I came across this uTube clip in The...
I baked this bread one afternoon when I was feeling a little restless after discovering that my freezer contained two large packets of shelled pistachios from USA, which have been sitting in the freezer for some time. So to use up some of the pistachios, I decided to...