The new year brings a lot of excitement to us here at Tŷ Paned. Christmas held plenty of baking projects, buzz about some new courses for 2014 and most importantly time spent with loved ones. Sharing a gingerbread ski chalet with my family was certainly one of the highlights of the Christmas break. Making time to spend a day in the kitchen with my wonderful wife with no other agenda other than creating a gingerbread masterpiece was a very special way to enjoy time together with a result that was going to make us very happy indeed! Check out some pics:-
Now we look forward to what’s in store for us over the coming months. We’ve got the first bread course of the year on Saturday. If you haven’t signed up for one yet, what are you waiting for? They are a fantastic day out and you learn a craft to take with you through the rest of 2014 and beyond. It’s been a quiet few months on the foraging front. A few teas (rosehip, pine) are all I’ve managed recently. I’ll be looking forward to the wild garlic and nettles that’ll be springing up in March. And then there’s the start of the Spring which creation heralds with the rising birch sap.
So what are my new year’s resolutions? Well I’ll certainly be baking something new every month. You know what they say, the more you know, the more you realise you don’t know. The more I bake, the more I know. The more I know the more I want to bake. There’s still plenty for me to learn. Why don’t you start your journey with us?