My wife had intended to imbibe a couscous salad of hers with currants, raisins and alcohol. It made no sense to me until I recalled a speckled Welsh bread from Chris Young’s The Real Bread Campaign. Young’s credited the recipe for this British bread (known as “Bara Brith”) to Wayne Caddy a fine baker and Instagram poster of huge talent. Anyway, I decided to give it a go. It’s a mix of sourdough and some basic mixing that include a variety of dried fruits. I had lovely results. Slathered with a fabulous goat cheese that married with the bright and sweet fruit.
October Puntarelle
Back in 2014 I wrote about my first puntarelle, a Union Square find that I sliced, curled in ice water and dressed...






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