dianamsmithJul 5, 20211 minWhat's cooking this week? What’s cooking This week I am cooking on two days – On Thursday for Roots Larder (delivery Friday morning), and on Friday for Stafford...
dianamsmithJul 5, 20213 minWelcome to my new subscribers. The most common questions I get asked are, Where can you buy my bread? What do I cook? As life starts to return to “normal” I am making a...
dianamsmithMay 13, 20212 minTime. The one thing I usually do not have enough of is time. The positive thing for me about lock down was that I did have some. I used a lot...
dianamsmithDec 9, 20202 minWhat's cooking for Stafford Farmers market 12th December Diana’s Breads. Stafford Farmers Market. Preparing now for the last farmers market this year at Stafford This Saturday 12th I will be...
dianamsmithNov 30, 20203 minWhat's Cooking for Stone December Market - Saturday 5th With lockdown ending I will be doing two final markets this year – at Stone on the 5th, and at Stafford on the 12th I am avoiding any...
dianamsmithNov 17, 20201 minWhat's cooking - for 21st November Cooking plans for Saturday 21st November
dianamsmithNov 17, 20202 minLearning the ropes! A message to my subscribers. During the first Covid lockdown I wondered how it was possible to let potential customers know what I was producing, find me, and share...
dianamsmithSep 30, 20201 minSaturday's market It has been a busy month catching up on the fruit harvest. So far I have harvested and processed Damsons, Apples, Pears, Blackberries and...
dianamsmithSep 9, 20202 minCooking for the season For the last few weeks I have been pre-occupied with the harvest. At the moment it is the Apples, and the damsons. I also spent a couple...
dianamsmithAug 1, 20202 minTaste test - 100% wholemeal. Wholemeal bread means different things to different people. Most commercially produced wholemeal is made with a percentage of wholemeal...
dianamsmithJul 27, 20202 minTime to rediscover bread?This week we are all being nudged to think about what we eat, worry about our weight and the effect it might have on our health. ...
dianamsmithJul 7, 20202 minWhat's cooking for the re-opening of Stafford Farmers market. re-opening this Saturday 11th July after the months of lockdown. The producers have had a couple of markets at Stone, so are now very...
dianamsmithJul 7, 20203 minWhat makes a “good” farmers market?The first farmers market in Stafford since lock down will take place this Saturday 11th July. Maybe this is a good opportunity to think...
dianamsmithJun 16, 20203 minWho can afford to eat well? I am sure that most people will be aware of the successful campaign by the footballer Marcus Rashford to persuade the government to...
dianamsmithJun 11, 20201 minWhats in a carrot cake? When you start looking at carrot cake recipes you realise there are thousands of different ways to make cakes out of carrots. I often...
dianamsmithJun 6, 20203 minFarmers market - remote style. Planning for the first farmers market since lock down has been an intense process. There were the questions of course - was I ready to do...
dianamsmithMay 30, 20201 minRe-opening at the red lion. Getting food businesses running again is quite a challenge for everyone. It is all about giving people the confidence that they are...
dianamsmithMay 28, 20203 minComing out of Lockdown, Over the last 20 years the Farmers Markets have been a fixed point in the structure of every month. On the Tuesday and Wednesday before...