Karen Karn

Last year, Kenneth, Noah and I went to Lagunen (a large shopping cebtre on the mainland), At some point, I got really hangry and we stopped, at the first cafe we saw, to eat. At this cafe, there was a table, near the counter, heavily laden with loaves of fresh bread - a bit like a good breakfast in a nice hotel. The best bread there, by far was an orange loaf. Tomato bread. Noah talks about this bread, as though it were a fantasy. We talk about going back, just so we can have more of it (and another Club Sandwich with the mysterious brown sauce!) Skip to the chase, I decided to try and make my own tomato bread. Here's the recipe. Ingredients 5 cups of flour - you may need more. 2 tsp salt 12g dry yeast or 50g fresh yeast Pepper to taset Herbs to taste - I didn't use any in mine, but I would have love to add a couple of fresh sage leaves, or a pinch of rosemary. 2 tbsp honey or malt extract 2tsps sugar 100g tomato paste Four pieces of sundried tomato, chopped (opt...

When I was very young, my sister had a friend who was a proper hippy. She was married to a Sri Lankan man and had some kids. Her hair was long, unmanaged and slightly transparent. She wore corduroy jeans and cheesecloth tops. She was of the tradition of never arriving at someone's house empty handed. One day, she came with a book. the Tassajara Bread Book. Since then, the book has been in my possession. Well loved and well utilised. Here's a short excerpt from the film How to Cook Your Life, featuring the book's author, Edward Espe Brown. "It turns out that we'll pay a lot of money not to cook, not to actually confront a half a potato."