Breadsong: How Baking Changed Our Lives

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Young Kitty’s sudden struggles with anxiety and depressive thoughts take a backseat to her newly-discovered enthusiasm and knack for bread baking, a talent that ends up becoming a business run by her and her dad. What follows is an adventure in breadmaking with trials and tribulations, chance discoveries and serendipitous encounters.

Their story brought tears to my eyes at times and also swellings of joy for how Kitty is finding her way in this life with her family and actual village and sourdough starters by her side. Featuring more than 80 recipes--including cinnamon buns, cheese swirls, and tahini brownies-- Breadsong is a celebration of bread and baking, and an inspiring story of the life-saving power of discovering a passion. I feel like things would have played out very differently in other parts of the country, without the opportunities encountered here. A book to warm heart and soul – and satisfy the stomach’ - Delicious Magazine You may also be interested in. The difficulties Kitty and her family went through, the difficulties of mental and physical health, financial worries – but bizarrely, it was the power that bread has over people that made me emotional.In this uplifting work, the British dad-and-daughter duo behind Oxfordshire's Orange Bakery fold innovative recipes into a moving testament to the healing power of baking . In 2018, Kitty was at school and Al worked at Oxford University, but when Kitty became so ill she couldn't leave the house, the two discovered baking and, in particular, sourdough.

I particularly liked that her dad and Kitty took turns in writing parts of the book, sometimes about similar things, sometimes about different phases of their journey. I recommend this book to anyone who likes autobiography or memoirs, real life stories, triumph over adversity, community spirit and of course baking or consuming baked goods. At the back are loads of great recipes from bread to cakes to cookies so people of different ability’s can join in and bake. In this uplifting work, the British dad-and-daughter duo behind Oxfordshire's Orange Bakery fold innovative recipes into a moving testament to the healing power of baking … Kitty's passionate creativity is as irresistible as her creations. It follows what grew from baking a few loaves together to calm her mind to finding an incredible talent for bread making and opening a village bakery together within 2 years.It's the sort of book that makes me think "maybe I could be a baker and make bread all the time and bring joy to people!

I haven't read anything that has made me cry, laugh, yearn and feel so brimming with potential for a long, long time.One of life-restricting anxiety and depression, and leaving traditional schooling behind to take a wildly different, creative and more sustainable path to recovery. Her parents focused almost 100% on trying to help Kitty (which is understandable), but also let Kitty take over the whole kitchen. After many failed attempts at engaging Kitty in different activities, Al makes some bread and it piques Kitty's interest. I think it’s a testament to the recipe writing that the first one I chose to make was The Comfort Loaf – a white bread with marmite in.