Welcome to A Retro Kitchen!: Craft Bakers Week, September 29-October 5, 2014

From September 29 to October 5 in the UK professional bakers are displaying their amazing skills, and everyone is encouraged to support their local bakers! Here is some more information from their official site: http://www.craftbakersweek.co.uk/

Here's just one bakery, M. Ray Ltd.'s Craft Bakery, http://www.mrays.com/craft-bakery/ , in both Prescot (in Merseyside, England) and Allerton (a suburb of Liverpool) and my favorite photo on their site today -- it reminds me of my great-grandmother from the UK, who was a professional pastry chef and made amazing fruit pastries!

Lastly, if you're thinking of being a craft baker yourself this week, here's a cool idea from that official Craft Bakers Week site -- make a roll dough, and when you're shaping them roll them in different seeds or flours:

You'll find old and new ideas on this site...

I love playing with both food and history and am trying to combine these loves here and in various projects. My most recently published was a fun 3-volume set, which you can get free below, which speaks much of cuisine in a little known part of the world from earliest times to 700 CE....Speaking of old, this is a reincarnation of three old blogs, one shared with friends all over the world and called something like Our Favorite Food This Week, and then one called That Was Delicious that started my toying with retro food ideas, and then A History Writer in the Kitchen where I explored history more....I have kept many posts from those blogs, including many recipes I thought you might like.

Enjoy!