by ben@ben-smith.net | Jun 18, 2015 | Uncategorised
We use more flour than most households. Should we launch a restaurant it won’t have happened overnight. We’ll have kneaded several tonnes of dough before bricks and mortar was ever a possibility. Rather than put the bags out with the recycling we started collecting a...
by ben@ben-smith.net | Mar 30, 2015 | Uncategorised
We keep two sourdough starters. Extravagant I know. This is mainly down to nostalgia but there’s the odd occasion where there are benefits of maintaining two at different hydrations or water contents. Sanj is getting on a bit now, born in my old flat, named after a...
by ben@ben-smith.net | Mar 5, 2015 | Uncategorised
On the surface there’s not much to this newsletter, a few paragraphs which don’t really do justice to the last few months. Give the links a click though. Make yourself a cup of tea and peel back the layers on what we’ve been up to. Restaurant news I’ve now lost track...
by ben@ben-smith.net | Feb 27, 2015 | Uncategorised
We’ve been to Naples. Love the place. The chaos is part of the charm and they know a thing or two about pizza. However we’ve always taken more of a lead from what’s going on the other side of the Atlantic. We’re not Italian and don’t...
by ben@ben-smith.net | Jan 13, 2015 | Uncategorised
Sprouts get a lot of bad press and this pizza is a nightmare to sell. But I refuse to back down as it’s one of my all time favourites and I’ve yet to meet anyone who hasn’t enjoyed it having given it a try. There’s something about the way the...
